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Originally Posted by dgatwood
The exclusivity I was talking about has nothing to do with KDP Select. I was talking about the fact that it is impossible to ship the exact same Kindle book via Amazon's store and any third-party store because of a combination of Amazon's policy that submissions have to be produced with kindlegen and their policy that you can't use kindlegen to produce content for sale outside of Amazon's store.
In effect, the combination of those two policies means that the Kindle version of your book, as sold on Amazon, must be an Amazon exclusive, which in a monopoly or near monopoly situation is legally problematic at best.
I'm just reading Amazon's policies. I have no opinion on what is or is not pornography, nor on whether it should or should not be sold. I'm merely pointing out that it is, in fact, a limitation of speech, albeit one that most people are okay with.
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Hmmm.
So you are attempting to tell me that if the inside is the same then the outside should be exactly the same.
Are you aware that everyone has their own brand be it book formats or can labels?
Can you sell the contents of the book even if it is in a slightly different package.
Now for ease and simplicity, I will use green peas as an example.
If I am a green pea cannery, I must have at least 10 different labels as to distinguish who is selling it.
Example, yes I can find Libby's and Green Giant at all the stores. However, I can only find Great Value at one store, Everyday Essentials at another and so one.
But hey once I take it out of the package, it is impossible to tell which brand.
Same with an ebook, once I open it, the words (the important part) are the same, whether I read it on Kindle, Kobo or any other reader.
Now I also can't buy adult stuff at Walmart. So what? If I want it, I know where to find it.
If a company doesn't want to sell a product, they don't have too.
If one doesn't like that a company excludes or includes a product, they do not have to shop there.
You know I have never seen Great Value products sold anywhere except Walmart.
Is that a monopoly?
The answer is no. It is called their brand.
Nothing illegal, immoral or fattening about that. It is called running a business.