Thread: Apple eBook price fixing case going to court
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Old 07-11-2013, 12:33 PM   #221
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
I am sorry but who was in the ebook market when Amazon entered? Was Barnes and Noble in the ebook market? Was Sony's bookstore any good? Kobo?

Amazon gained a huge market sharte because Amazon created the market. The Kindle was a huge gamble. Even when the K1 was doing well people were talking about it as a fad. Jobs was saying that Apple would not enter the ebook or ereader market because people don't read enough.

The low prices were meant as an incentive to those of us who paid $400 for the K1. The books were easy to get and less expensive so it was worth taking the risk on the reader.

Sorry, but you will have to find a different buyer for the predatory pricing argument. BN and Apple joined the ebook market after Amazon demonstrated that you could make money in it.
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