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Old 08-15-2014, 12:04 AM   #130
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Some people see it more as a reminder that there is no law of man or nature that requires Amazon to carry (much less promote) anybody's products, especially absent a contract where they agree to do so.

And on the ebookstore issue: it is perfectly feasible to buy an ereader--Kindle as well as epub-based--and get full value without buying anything from any ebookstore. There are tens of thousands of quality reads available online for free.

Integrated ebookstores are a feature, not a constraint.
Nobody forces you to use they.
Especially since the reaction to Amazon's bullying is so often "lets buy a device that doesn't have a store".
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