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Originally Posted by Fbone
If I read the press release correctly, no. With Kobo the independent bookstores get a small commission when customers also buy ebooks through their website.
Amazon only from the device. I imagine many people buy ebooks from Amazon's website and so no commission is given.
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Yes, seems Kobo is offering a much better deal as far as I can gather.
- You can choose to support an Indie of your choice, by buying an ebook via a link on their website. You don't need to have bought a device from them.
- You can register an account via the Indie and then all your purchases (via device or website) earns them a commission.
- The deal doesn't seem to have an expiry date like the Kindle one has.
So, to me at least, the Kobo deal makes much better sense to independent bookstores. They'll continue to get revenue even if their customers decide to switch completely to ebooks and people from the area can decide to support the store (to keep it open for browsing purposes say) by linking their accounts to their local store.
(See
here and
here for details)