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Amazon Enters the Publishing Business with AmazonEncore
The impulse about Amazon is to think that they’re a monolithic corporate entity that may be up to no good. This is the root of a lot of the criticism of the Kindle, which people criticize as possibly monopolizing the ebook market: consumers will be forced to buy books from only the Amazon outlet. This is what happens when a retailer enters the world of technology. Given that Amazon allows Kindle books to be read on the iPhone, they are at least not forcing people into buying their own device.
On the whole, Amazon’s Kindle venture is positive. Though there’s […]