MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

Cinisajoy · 12-28-2016, 01:48 PM

If the book is not available in other places, that is not because of Amazon.
Amazon did not in any way force or coerce any author to check the Select box. That is 100% the author's choice.
So no, Amazon is NOT making any book unavailable to the general public.
The author can choose to be exclusive with Amazon but it is not a requirement.
If I wanted I could upload my pdf cookbook to Amazon. I set the price, not Amazon unless I accidentally price it lower and then Amazon will match it. I can choose to be exclusive by going only with Amazon for a couple of perks or I can choose to go wide.
Now since Amazon takes a percentage of the sale price, I would trust them to send the best format for the customer's choice of device to read on.

All or most businesses have something proprietary. Just because I can't get the actual recipe for Jelly Bellys doesn't mean the company is trying to take over the jelly bean industry. It means they are keeping it a secret to protect their profits.
Now I would bet in under 30 seconds I could find a comparable ebook format or jelly bean recipe.
Yep 10 seconds for both.
There are at least 6 ebook formats and numerous jelly bean recipes.

And once again what do you want the 90% by your estimate to do about this format?

12-28-2016, 01:48 PM	#498
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	If the book is not available in other places, that is not because of Amazon. Amazon did not in any way force or coerce any author to check the Select box. That is 100% the author's choice. So no, Amazon is NOT making any book unavailable to the general public. The author can choose to be exclusive with Amazon but it is not a requirement. If I wanted I could upload my pdf cookbook to Amazon. I set the price, not Amazon unless I accidentally price it lower and then Amazon will match it. I can choose to be exclusive by going only with Amazon for a couple of perks or I can choose to go wide. Now since Amazon takes a percentage of the sale price, I would trust them to send the best format for the customer's choice of device to read on. All or most businesses have something proprietary. Just because I can't get the actual recipe for Jelly Bellys doesn't mean the company is trying to take over the jelly bean industry. It means they are keeping it a secret to protect their profits. Now I would bet in under 30 seconds I could find a comparable ebook format or jelly bean recipe. Yep 10 seconds for both. There are at least 6 ebook formats and numerous jelly bean recipes. And once again what do you want the 90% by your estimate to do about this format? Last edited by Cinisajoy; 12-28-2016 at 01:51 PM.