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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
So you're saying that the "Kindle" division of Amazon has the authority to make deals with publishers? That authors publish through the "Kindle" division? That "Amazon" wouldn't have to be involved in any plan to change how Kindle devices deal with sideloaded content? Because that's what's being suggested.
Of course the Kindle division is it's own entity. But are you seriously suggesting that that same hardware/software/marketing division has direct access to publishers and can broker deals with them?
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Actually, they do and they have.
Look at Kindle unlimited: there are traditionally published titles in there. On a case by case basis. Who negotiated those ebook-specific deals?
Bezos?
The head of AWS?
The head of Amazon LLC?
The head of APub?
For that matter, APub's translated books group signs deals with foreign publishers all the time.
When it comes to the ereaders the Lab126 guys have a lot of say since they are the ones coding the software. And the AWS guys managing the Kindle clouds.
It all hinges on what part of Amazon and what publisher you're talking about.
S&S, for example, gets higher level attention than a micropress. Well run companies delegate authority to the appropriate level.