Why the Amazon Kindle needs competition


Someone is missing an opportunity

We can't afford to have Amazon be the "only game in town." They will milk it for all it's worth.

Kevin couldn't understand why Amazon charged $29.95 for the digital version of Confessions of a Butcher when the paperback cost only $11.95. Amazon tried to gussy up the Kindle edition by offering what looked like a steep 45% discount, but the digital edition still cost $5 more than the print edition. Even the author's wife chimed in to Amazon's discussion forum to pan the discrepancy, adding, "what's really ridiculous is that we sell more ebooks at $20 than we do new paperbacks for $11.95."

Competition keeps prices low and companies honest. Right now Amazon is getting a little "too big for it's britches," especially in it's treatment of small presses. I use Amazon because I am in a rural location, but I don't think they will stay as the best choice. I think someone (and probably a bunch of somebodies) who is hungrier will figure out how to beat Amazon at it's own game.

That's why the free market works.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - March 2, 2009 at 02:30 PM  Tag


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