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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
It's not whining.
There are restrictive practices and monopolies. Sometimes you have no choice at all when
you want a particular printed book or ebook. Like a proper version of Harry Potter if you are in the USA.
Amazon certainly wants a monopoly of printed and ebooks. They are at 80% of online orders approx of printed books in USA and maybe over 90% of ebooks worldwide.
At least it's possible to change which marketplace your Kindle is one, or get a second older kindle to have two marketplaces at once.
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It is whining, your arguments don't hold water, the only monopolies are either government-approved or the government, and numbers need citations and not simply pulled out of the air.
"PublishDrive analyzed the sales numbers of publishers signed up and found that in case of English titles only 39% of the sales volume came from the Amazon ebook market (2017 first 3 quarters). It is unquestionably a huge share, but still, if you are exclusive with Amazon Kindle through KDP Select, you may lose 61% of your potential readers and sales. You may earn more money in stores and markets you have never thought to be more suitable for your target group."
https://publishdrive.com/amazon-ebook-market-share/
There. That's a citation. If I said, "97% of the people who use numbers without citations are simply making up numbers as they go along," I would be making up numbers as I go along.
Why do successful businesses support competitors? They're desperate to not be a monopoly.
Now, back to reading.