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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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And when people buy a Kindle any of the thousands of retailers that carry Kindle, the bookstore gets nothing. Kobo has almost zero US presence without those bookstores, they need the bookstores. Amazon doesn't. And they're still offering up a third or more of the ebook margin as a "Good faith" gesture. Because that is all it is; a gesture.
Look, the only reason Amazon is throwing booksellers this bone is to save future legal expenses. They don't expect many to accept, they just want it on record they offered and were rejected so they don't have to deal with more ambulance chasers like these technical-illiterate idiots:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...eller-lawsuit/
http://www.law360.com/articles/43606...ay-get-shelved
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“These are basically disappointed middlemen who are frustrated they can't sell to one segment of the marketplace but they haven't alleged anyone else has been injured,” Amazon's lawyer Kathryn D. Kirmayer of Crowell & Moring LLP told the judge.
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Well, now they can get a piece of the kindle pie as middlemen. So, no more lawsuits on that front. By refusing, the booksellers give Amazon all the legal cover they need, especially since plenty of other small businesses will be jumping at the chance to make a few bucks at minimal effort and zero risk.