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Good News for Readers: Amazon Might be Winning Its Battle with Traditional Publishers Over Prices

September 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments · ebookstore news

by Stephen Windwalker While it has been increasingly clear over the past year that Amazon is dominating the market share and price wars among dedicated ebook reader devices, it is now clear that Amazon is also winning its tug of war with traditional book publishers over ebook pricing.

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Why the “I hope Epub kills Kindle format” fanatics are fighting the wrong battle

August 22nd, 2010 · 22 Comments · opinion

Di you catch the Epub/Kindle editorial on ZDNet on Friday? The authors are wrong, but it’s still worth a read. Here is the part that caught my eye: But there is one thing that’s keeping me from whipping out the AMEX and clicking the “Buy Now” button at Amazon, and that’s the lack of EPUB [...]

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