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Originally Posted by rhadin
The reason there is no outrage -- or at least one reason based on discussions I have had with a few authors -- is that the reason the B&M stores refuse to physically carry those books is because Amazon will not also let them sell the ebook versions. It is also worth noting that all of the B&M stores will special order an Amazon title; all they are doing is refusing to stock them on the shelves.
Another logical reason why no outrage is that authors recognize that there is limited shelf space available and thus none of the B&Ms carry all of the titles published by any of the major publishing houses -- they pick and choose. The B&Ms have simply chosen not to shelve Amazon imprints in the absence of the right to sell the ebooks, too.
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How many b&m bookstores actually *sell* ebooks? Your logic holds true for Barnes and Noble, and for...well, that's it, actually. (at least in the US) There are some independent booksellers that are affiliates of either Kobo or Google, but they could have the same deal with Amazon if they wanted to.
Shari