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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So yes, being just another generic store with nothing to distinguish them was not in their best interests. They did things to differentiate them from places like Amazon and agency took that away.
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Removing price competition from a market favors big players who have the resources to compete on other terms. Like selling reader hardware at near cost. Or by developing an indie publishing platform.
It is no accident that the biggest player pre-agency remained the biggest player under it and lost no share after agency kicked in fully. Apple's share gain came from the epub camp, not Kindle.