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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's an attempt by Amazon to put a foot in the door.
The old IBM then later MS: Embrace Extend Extinguish
They'll want a client that only works with their titles and eventually a monopoly.
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All titles under the potential deal would be licensed ePub editions managed by the DPLA and its partner libraries and made accessible to patrons via the SimplyE app (a free, open source library e-reader app developed by the New York Public Library)—meaning library users would not have to go through Amazon to access the titles.
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The complete opposite of what you just said.
If they wanted something that just worked on their clients they could operate their own lending model. Oh wait, they already do.