This should be a matter of concern and a cautionary tale for the smaller presses whose licenses will come up for renewal,” said Andy Ross, an agent and a former bookseller. “They are being offered a Hobson’s choice of accepting Amazon’s terms, which are unsustainable, or losing the ability to sell Kindle editions of their books, the format that constitutes about 60 percent of all e-books.
Amazon Pulls Thousands of E-Books in Dispute - NYTimes.com
The idea that lower prices for E-Books are “unsustainable” is absurd. But will Amazon lose its dominant position to other players? E-Books have lots and lots of distribution networks with indistinguishable feature sets. Retail looks like the commodity business in E-Books, not content; better stop selling those Kindles at a loss.
