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user-inactivated · 3924 days ago · link · · parent · post: Charles Stross: Amazon: malignant monopoly, or just plain evil?
I'm optimistic though, one of the many cool things Internet does is reduce the cost of distribution, especially for digital goods. I could imagine digital marketplaces getting popular where writers can publish their eBooks and keep almost all of the profit. It's not nearly as convenient as Kindle's magic whispersync thing but it's also not that hard to put third-party eBooks on the Kindle either.