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HorridRedDog · 03-08-2010, 01:09 PM

[QUOTE=Boston;820311]Not sure I buy the arguments here -

....- Not sure if Amazon is locking out the average ebook reader, at least in the US. I don't see mr readers as being the average consumer -....[/I]QUOTE]

The Kindle isn't locking out, or locking in, the average reader - you can get books that will read on the Kindle from other sources.

What Amazon is doing is (defacto) refusing to sell to any other e-readers. Not the best business model.

If you hang around mobileread very much YOU are not the "average consumer". Do you think that mobileread has the majority of the e-book consumers in its membership? I still get excited people looking at my Sony 600.

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And if the publishers take away Amazon's ability to compete on ebook pricing, I see their next move is to deeply discount the Kindle[/U] (take a loss there)[I] and keeping their own drm format to lock people into buying from their store.
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The Kindle will come down in price of course, but I don't think that we'll ever know for certain why. I remember seeing the first VHS player/recorder in a store window. The price? $3,000. Which is more complex - the DVD player/recorder or the Kindle? Not that e-readers will ever be as commonplace as the DVD player.

Now there's a good comparison of why DRM will die to one degree or another. Imagine if DVDs could only be played on one brand DVD player, but not a different brand. Imagine if your movies couldn't be played on a replacement DVD player from a different company.

The iPad is just one more nail in the restricted e-book coffin.

03-08-2010, 01:09 PM	#13
HorridRedDog Addict Posts: 322 Karma: 1592 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-600 EB-1150	[QUOTE=Boston;820311]Not sure I buy the arguments here - ....- Not sure if Amazon is locking out the average ebook reader, at least in the US. I don't see mr readers as being the average consumer -....[/I]QUOTE] The Kindle isn't locking out, or locking in, the average reader - you can get books that will read on the Kindle from other sources. What Amazon is doing is (defacto) refusing to sell to any other e-readers. Not the best business model. If you hang around mobileread very much YOU are not the "average consumer". Do you think that mobileread has the majority of the e-book consumers in its membership? I still get excited people looking at my Sony 600. [QUOTE=Boston;820311] And if the publishers take away Amazon's ability to compete on ebook pricing, I see their next move is to deeply discount the Kindle[/U] (take a loss there)[I] and keeping their own drm format to lock people into buying from their store. QUOTE] The Kindle will come down in price of course, but I don't think that we'll ever know for certain why. I remember seeing the first VHS player/recorder in a store window. The price? $3,000. Which is more complex - the DVD player/recorder or the Kindle? Not that e-readers will ever be as commonplace as the DVD player. Now there's a good comparison of why DRM will die to one degree or another. Imagine if DVDs could only be played on one brand DVD player, but not a different brand. Imagine if your movies couldn't be played on a replacement DVD player from a different company. The iPad is just one more nail in the restricted e-book coffin. Last edited by HorridRedDog; 03-08-2010 at 01:13 PM.