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Originally Posted by Rizla
Comparing to USA, US publishers and retailers could have banded together under a common hardware platform to compete against Amazon. Like Tolino in Germany. Wonder why they didn't. Lack of will? Saw B&N failure and figured it was hopeless?
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They could have.
They chose collusion.
They already had plenty of experience in that and it was cheaper than setting up a digital ecosystem.
They could also have done nothing and let a hundred epub stores bloom.