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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Short memories out there... 
In the aborted PDA ebook era most of the US BPHs sold ebooks from their websites either durect or through partners. I actually gritted my teeth to buy one from RH, *once*. At least it was a proper ebook in lit and not a pdf.
The prices and "quality" of their sites are why that wave of ebook adoption mostly fizzled. |
Some mentioned earlier that the publishers' customers are the retail channels, not the readers. Setting up their own stores puts them in direct competition with their main customers, which can be bad for business overall. How do you sell a book cheaper on your own site while at the same time offering it to retailers to sell at a higher price? You can't, thus, no deals for readers who buy directly from the publishers' websites.