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Old 10-30-2014, 03:21 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Barty View Post
... just get together and build their own e book store. Partner with an OEM to produce their own reader, create their own DRM (or not). Sure it'll be a huge investment but they can start small and slowly ramp up. Lay the ground work for the future. Stop being hostage to Amazon.

If people can't get their latest Stephen king from Amazon and have to download it from big4books.com that's what they'll do.
If Amazon is so afraid of the big 4(6), why don't they just refuse to sell their books and only sell Amazon authorized indies? Maybe because, like the big publishers, they aren't stupid? Businesses tend to be most efficient when they stick to their core business. That doesn't even go into the possible legal hassles that the publishers would face if they actually did that (and you better believe that Amazon would be lobbying for legal action by the DOJ if that ever happens).
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