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Let me break it down
The Publishers 17 65.38%
They are a big problem, using backwards practices. (like not keeping the digital text. it's a 50kb file, they could store an authors life work on a damn floppy disk) as well as slow adoption of new technologies, and alot of dead weight.
Tower of eBable (too many formats is confusing) 10 38.46%
For the average person this isn't a problem. if you buy a kindle, you will only buy from the kindle store.
Content not available 11 42.31%
How can you expect to make money if you don't sell?
High prices 15 57.69%
there will be a revolution in pricing, $10 seems to be the sweet spot $6 for paperback type of books, the type of books that never see hardcover
Pirates 1 3.85%
no one goes from buying books to piracy. instead try to get pirates to go to buying stuff by making things cheap and easy. you wont win them all though.
DRM 15 57.69%
this isn't gonna matter in the long run, DRM isn't something people should worry about. a book store will win eventually. Sony is making a push, but I honestly don't see how amazon could loose.
Geographical restrictions 8 30.77%
if your not in america tough luck, your not supposed to have the reader either. if you have anyone to blame its your own country, VAT? are you kidding me. why arent there any authors from your own country that you like? why are you mussing around here for? stop looking at amazon.com and look at bookstores in your own country. stop reading the NYtimes and read your slovak press, or whatever, you cant be mad at geographical restictions if you don't know the book exists.
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