Amazon Opens Fire to Third-Party Sellers

kennyc · 12-23-2011, 07:09 AM

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Amazon Opens the Kindle Fire to Third Parties, Wattpad First to Benefit

Amazon has surprised users with the news that it is opening up the Kindle Fire cut-price tablet to other content providers, starting with Wattpad.

Sold at a bargain-basement price, the Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet links in to Amazon's cloud-based storefronts to provide apps, eBooks, music and films; with Amazon taking the lion's share of each transaction.

It's hardly the first time such 'razorblade marketing' has been associated with mobile devices, but it is a move which has its detractors: those used to more open Android tablets complain about the locked-down nature of Amazon's budget offering.

That could be due to change, however: Wattpad, a company which produces a rival eBook reader package for Android devices, has convinced Amazon to allow its software onto the Kindle Fire in a move which will likely see other content providers targeting the platform in due course.

"Over the past couple of weeks we've spoken with representatives at the Kindle Fire Store, first over email and then eventually with some phone calls up to the higher levels, convincing them that we're actually a valuable complementary service," a spokesperson for Wattpad told VentureBeat of the move. "Our community is super engaged readers and writers; they are passionate book lovers and eventually Amazon came around to see the value we could bring."

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http://www.itproportal.com/2011/12/2...first-benefit/

Blossom · 12-23-2011, 07:14 AM

Never heard of them.

kennyc · 12-23-2011, 07:18 AM

Me either, but I suspect you'll be hearing more.

Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/

jswinden · 12-23-2011, 09:56 AM

See this discussion in a somewhat related MR thread. This might just be more blog pooh, which there seems to be a lot of these days.

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12-23-2011, 07:14 AM	#2
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Never heard of them.

12-23-2011, 07:18 AM	#3
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Me either, but I suspect you'll be hearing more. Wattpad: http://www.wattpad.com/

12-23-2011, 09:56 AM	#4
jswinden Nameless Being	See this discussion in a somewhat related MR thread. This might just be more blog pooh, which there seems to be a lot of these days.

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