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Originally Posted by phenomshel
As cool as this is, though, it still doesn't solve my problem with Amazon being the 800 lb. gorilla as far as selection goes. And this news also dashes my hopes that Verizon BlackBerries would someday be able to access the Amazon selection with a Kindle app, as iPhone can. Unless someone breaks Amazon's hold on publishers and has the same access to selection, evening out the playing field when it comes to what is available where, Amazon still holds anyone who wants to read a book that is available only there hostage.
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AT&T and Verizon will be coming out with eBook Readers. Sound good? Think again. They will almost undoubtedly be based on the Amazon model (buy device and then only have one store where you can buy eBooks). It seems to me that with the furor that Amazon has started with its policy... that more of the same is a real step backwards for eBooks
I think just what the industry did not need are major firms with dollar signs in their eyes jumping into the Amazon model. Very soon there may be only Astak upholding Open Format... providing the choice as to what site you want to use to buy eBooks. These firms see a world where they can charge whatever they want for eBooks as there is no worry about competition. Smells to me like a bit of a monopoly... or maybe it just plain smells!!
Robert B