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Originally Posted by rhadin
Apple only sells music and music players; Apple does not produce music. Amazon is trying to produce books as well as sell books and a book-reading device. That is a major -- and significant -- difference.
Apple never told musicians that they couldn't sell their music with a buy now option unless they let Apple produce their recordings. Amazon has told publishers and authors that if you want the buy now option for print-on-demand (POD) books, then you must use Amazon's POD services. That is a major -- and significant -- difference.
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I thought Amazon's POD policy was that if you want the "one-click" option, you have to use Amazon's POD services OR give them a small supply of books (I think it was 5 but I'm not sure) to keep on hand. That's a big difference from forcing you to use their POD services. However, selling printing services and allowing people to self-publish are not the same as producing content. Amazon doesn't have any ownership over the content.
I found the quote from Amazon:
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Another question we've seen: Do I need to switch completely to having my POD titles printed at Amazon?
No, there is no request for exclusivity. Any publisher can use Amazon's POD service just for those units that ship from Amazon and continue to use a different POD service provider for distribution through other channels.
Alternatively, you can use a different POD service provider for all your units. In that case, we ask that you pre-produce a small number of copies of each title (typically five copies), and send those to us in advance (Amazon Advantage Program-successfully used by thousands of big and small publishers). We will inventory those copies. That small cache of inventory allows us to provide the same rapid fulfillment capability to our customers that we would have if we were printing the titles ourselves on POD printing machines located inside our fulfillment centers.
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It was discussed
here.