This maneuver would hardly impact Amazon’s share of the ebook market while also boosting Amazon’s share of the print market.
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This maneuver would also create two separate ebook markets with different average prices: big pubishers and indie+selfpublishers. Another way for Amazon to disintermediate the traditional part of the industry pushing sales on the second market.