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Originally Posted by borax99
THIS IS BAD NEWS FOR THOSE AUTHORS - THEY ARE LIMITING THEIR POTENTIAL READERSHIP BY GOING WITH A SINGLE SELLER, HOWEVER LARGE. I, FOR ONE, REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN KINDLE NONSENSE - I use Sony and eReader, may add an eSlick.
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Yeah, that was my thought at first, too.
But this is just a first step in a realignment of the relationships between author, publisher and reseller. I can imagine, for instance, a situation where Amazon gets a 1 year exclusive ("hardback") and then the author can resell rights to Borders/Sony, B&N etc ("paperback.")
And don't forget that non-Kindle owners do have access to Kindle books, just not on a dedicated reader. So if you reelly reelly want to read a Covey book, you can get it on iPhone, iPod, or your computer. Or, buy the pbook...