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Originally Posted by pilotbob
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?
BOb
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Dominant players can have a tendency to call the shots. Look at textbook publishers and the way they're cowed by school districts in just a few states. I suspect the concern is that any single entity that dominates the ebook marketplace could start exerting too much influence on price, format, means of delivery, content, just a whole lot of areas.
I think the concern is overstated (the Authors Guild tends to be on the conservative side of things concerning authors' rights), but I don't think we should dismiss it, either. Especially in light of Amazon's business model of doing their best to keep the Kindle users tied to the Amazon store.