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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Don't they already dominate the pbook market? I thought there market share for pbooks was pretty high. Anyone know what it is? I've never heard anyone complain about that. They publishers have just been cashing Amazons checks.
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Amazon dominates the Internet market for pbooks in the U.S. but only has 20% of that market. B&N dominates the bricks & mortar market plus has 12% of the Internet market.
Amazon can't command the pbook market because there are so many alternatives still available for publishers but Amazon is trying, as we have seen with its requirement to use its print on demand service if you want to see a Buy Now button. Also, track what Amazon UK is trying to do to UK book publishers. Right now several are refusing to go along with Amazon UK's demands.
But if Amazon dominates the ebook market, it will mean that the Kindle format is the de facto format and it is a proprietary format. pbooks are still an open format (
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