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Old 11-07-2013, 04:52 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
In the UK they've done it through Waterstones - but most purchasers get the device, then buy books from Amazon, not Waterstones !

Why ? Well, everything I've price-checked on the two stores show a substantially higher price from Waterstones ........ and in these times, that's a no-brainer.
No, you misunderstand the way it works. The Waterstones bookstore is an ePub bookstore, so naturally someone who buys a Kindle isn't going to buy books there. Waterstones receive a commission on books bought from the Kindle store from a Kindle bought from Waterstones.

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I fear this was a very sad move by the UK's last major independent bookseller .
What do you mean by "independent"? Waterstones are a large company currently owned by a Russian venture capital group.
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