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Old 07-03-2014, 04:10 AM   #6
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I think fjtorres wasn't referring to the Bertelsmann decision in particular here, just to the fact of Amazon's market share being surprisingly low for all the angst.
Hmm, maybe. But the thing to consider is that Amazon does something new (eBooks), is scarily good at something old (logistics), is growing and expanding its market share and technology base with no ceiling in sight, and on top of all that is successful. To a fundamentally conservative business like book retail, that is a profoundly scary thing.

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As far as evil monster corporations go, Amazon will yet have to prove that they can attain the level of Bertelsmann.
That is true. Very, very true.
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