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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
The biggest reason, IMO, for this takeover (though I doubt that Amazon would ever admit this), is that Lexcycle was encouraging the development of independent book retailers, by providing a popular platform from which they could sell books.
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But an act like that would only delay the development of other apps, especially as ePub is open source, and Amazon isn't likely to be able to buy up all the apps that might come out of that.
I think Amazon sees Stanza specifically as the app to get Amazon onto more devices, as opposed to keeping other retailers out. After all, they already have the virtual warehouse everyone else lusts after, so they will have it easier convincing others to buy from them once they have an available app for their device.