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Originally Posted by jasonkchapman
There's no guarantee of that, which may be why Amazon's been fairly quiet about the whole thing. I don't know how much more receptive the publishers would be to Amazon than they've been to Sony. After all, Sony is, at least in part, "one of them."
While it's not book-specific, Sony has a huge big market, too. And they did say "like iTunes, but all the books you can read." I don't know how much cash they're counting yet.
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People aren't used to buying books from Sony. They're used to buying books from Amazon -- lots and
lots of books. I think Amazon would have a much better chance of making this viable.
As far as Sony being "one of them," Sony isn't a book publisher, so I don't know as other book publishers would recognize any kinship whatsoever (these are the people who are stealing away our reading public to waste their time on other media!) and even if they did consider Sony to be a "publisher," they'd be a competitor.
But I have no idea if Amazon even wants to be in this business, let alone what hidden obstacles there might be. From where I sit on the back of the second balcony, I can't figure out why the show hasn't started yet. I can't see what's happening in the orchestra pit.
