Thread: Amazon’s Monopsony Is Not O.K.
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Old 10-20-2014, 09:10 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
No, he's right—even if it's not relevant to monopsony discussions (and not like anybody who's been in the ebook game long enough hasn't been burnt by numerous vendors because of DRM).

Amazon sold ebooks before mobipocket/Kindle. I believe they were PDFs. People who hadn't downloaded/updated their purchases by a certain point got burnt. Just like people have been burnt by DRM time and time again by numerous vendors.

I take the fact that Kindle 1 owners can still use their devices to buy and read Kindle content as evidence that Amazon learned a valuable lesson from that early experiment in ebook-retailing concerning customer satisfaction; and applied those lessons appropriately.
I can't find any articles relating to this topic at all, which is why I asked for a citation. I'd still like to read one.

Kindle 1 owners can still read Kindle content is more indicative of a smarter contract on Amazon's part. Changing the DRM scheme very likely means making a new agreement.
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