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Originally Posted by notimp
I contemplate - that by increasing intellectual ownership over the entire production (the analogy is "printing the master copy") and distribution chain with .kfx - Amazon is overreaching its promoted role as a "distributer" and "manager/facilitator" on the sector.
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I fail to see how this is true.
The publisher or author still runs off the master DOCX/EPUB/PDF, and uploads it to Amazon. Instead of -- or rather, in addition to -- converting that to AZW3 for Kindle sales, Amazon now converts it to KFX.
DRM is an accepted concept in the commercial ebook market. Legally and culturally speaking, the distributor will always and forevermore own the ebook that you supposedly bought but which in practice you may merely have rented (for a flat, one-time fee).
Thus far, I am in agreement with you that
society itself is deeply flawed in letting this happen.
But "there is nothing new under the sun", and KFX is no different than AZW3.
We have already discussed how it took approximately 6 months for AZW3 to be understood well enough to create with open-source tools. But these days, it is a fait accompli, and who thinks about that?
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Two qualifiers - when I am talking about "ownership over the entire production and distribution chain" I am specifically talking about - the most current, mass market oriented, chain. Older chains (formats, and in niche cases distribution) they implicitly allow to coexists - but they dont engage in the promotion of those ecosystems anymore.
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Mind explaining what this means?
If you are referring to paper books, Amazon started out as a paper book seller, and they sell more paper books than any other single entity, I think.
And if you are referring to competitor bookstores, then you have only said "Amazon doesn't promote the idea that you buy from their competitors".
So I'm not really sure how to respond to your statement, save with deep confusion.