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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Of course at this point in time it would be seen by many as a hostile move
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This.
The ADEPT ebook market is pretty small at this point and the back-end cost to duplicate most of the Kindle ebookstore, feeding the titles through Adobe, is likely to outweigh gains from reaching out to it (especially since it is populated by people who already chose *not* to buy Kindle) and would likely be seen by the trustbusters as an attempt to squeeze the weakest competitors out of the US market.
With all the FUD flying around Amazon is not about to invite more federal attention. The danger far outweighs the income to be gained.
Amazon's interests are served just fine with the current balance of power, especially if Apple keeps taking market share from the other epub vendors. A fragmented epub makes for excellent antitrust insurance.
