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Gee, why don't be honest about it and just title this thread the Apple Hater's bashing thread?
All in all, a fairly silly bit of speculation in that blog post. Apple buys small companies all the time. Most of the time, it's hard to see the influence that a given company has in the final product. Obviously, Apple is looking to improve their recommendation engine, just like most online stores do. Past that, I doubt anyone can do more than mindlessly speculate.
I consider it quite unlikely that Apple is suddenly become the happening place for indies. Apple has long been focused on the needs of the majority of buyers rather than the narrow needs of a few. They have put the tools out there for those who want to use them, but as far as actively pursuing ebooks, I think that Apple will continue to focus on the mainstream publishers rather than the indies.
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