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Originally Posted by Phogg
Well, that was an entirely goofy "Bezos is teh Satan" type screed.
Because Amazon is headed in the exact same direction Feedbooks and Fictionwise were going before the big publishing houses maimed them during their little adventure that was squashed by the Federal Government. This isn't some personality driven conflict. This is an inevitable evolution of business models driven by an advance in technology. It doesn't matter what people are officers or owners of this corporation or that franchise chain.
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Actually, it's a fairly accurate portrayal of the publishers view of ebooks. They want competition in the ebook arena and don't want to be dependent on Amazon. No businessman wants to be in a situation where they are totally dependent on one retailer. You can view it as an attack on Bezos even though he is no where mentioned, but it's the reality of the situation. Amazon has a business model that they borrowed from Walmart, low margins and squeeze the supplier. Bezos is quite open about it and talks about studying the Walmart model. That is not an evil thing. It's a valid business model. Kind of hard on the suppliers though, thus the publishers desire not to be trapped by it.