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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem is that these authors don't get a damn about competition and innovation. By going exclusive with Amazon, they are getting people to buy Kindles. This means less market for ePub and less market for different Readers. The H2O (for example) is a really fine piece of hardware. Do we want to only have one choice? Author's like Hugh Howey who are now a big name are helping Amazon to take over and that's bad for all of us.
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Oh, those authors care about a lot of things.
You ought to try talking to them.
Thing is, they care a lot about making a living and they don't give a darn about what may or not happen to the magical format called epub.
As for helping Amazon?
Well Amazon helps them make money which, as they point out, Apple, Kobo, and Nook don't. So it really doesn't matter if Kobo makes fine hardware or not if their website doesn't help them sell ebooks. And if they don't help them sell, why bother listing with them?
Not everybody shares your priorities.
Nor are they going to sacrifice their own interests in service of yours.