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Old 02-05-2016, 11:24 AM   #300
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Can someone remind me what this has to do with Kindle development?
I previously noted the following:

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And I am really confused about what this has to do with the hardware E-Ink devices as a vehicle of vertical integration/monopoly.

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I said before, if you want to discuss the suitability and usefulness of KFX as a modern ebook format, go discuss it in the Kindle Formats forum please.
So I'll say now, if you want to discuss the politics of indie publishing and Amazon's subscription services, go discuss it in the General Discussions forum. We (MobileRead) have already discussed the topic there in depth -- and in the News forum -- but I am sure people will be willing to discuss it further.

I think it is pretty unfair of you to come to the Kindle Developer's Corner, set up a conversation, based on your first post which started this and which I split into its own thread:
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You all missed another important discussion here already - perhaps, because you are looking so intently at the "service" part - when you are discussing what this community provides -

That amazon now controls

- the format (proprietary nature of kfx (format))
- the distribution (only Amazon can distribute kfx)
and
- production (only Amazon can produce kfx)

really warrants a discussion, that did not take place in here at all.
and then end up discussing Amazon in ways that really have nothing to do with our subforum at all.
We don't *do* Kindle Unlimited, sales metrics, indiepub politics, or anything of that extended ilk here.
For the record, I am still confused.
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