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Old 10-05-2008, 11:18 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing View Post
"When it comes to digital media...often a single player gets early control and winds up taking home the majority of the profits, as with digital music and Apple's iTunes. He says Amazon is building up its ebook library, and once it's in place, such dominant systems are hard to dislodge."

Aiken went on to say, "If this goes wrong, it could drain a lot of money from authors and publishers. Whatever promise the new media has could all be taken by one company, leaving authors and publishers to scrap over the money that remains."
I don't understand the above at all. Amazon is selling ebooks from many different publishers and authors. How does them becoming the dominate player affect authors/publishers? Does he know what he is talking about?

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