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It's easy unless Amazon has signed people to exclusive contracts, such that your new startup can't get any of the authors people want to read.
by cbd1984 12y ago
It's easy unless Amazon has signed people to exclusive contracts, such that your new startup can't get any of the authors people want to read.
- Kalium 12y agoWhich they haven't done and have shown no inclination to do.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoBecause the don't have the necessary power yet! In order to require exclusive contracts they would need to be the only viable option for writers which would happen if they squeezed out publishers, became a publisher, and only distributed through Amazon. It's unlikely this would happen but when you gradually give someone more and more power the risk of abuse gets higher.
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- WalterBright 12y agoAmazon doesn't require exclusive contracts. > your new startup can't get any of the authors people want to read. If Amazon is not serving the needs of those authors, they'll be interested in switching horses.
- cbd1984 12y ago> Amazon doesn't require exclusive contracts. ... yet. What's to stop them from doing so when they've killed off a few more of their competitors? > If Amazon is not serving the needs of those authors, they'll be interested in switching horses. Assuming there are horses left which are viable to switch to.