E-Commerce Times Talkback

Re: Ripping the Wrong Page From Apple's E-Playbook
Posted by: Andrea Belz 2010-02-08 06:38:46

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On January 20, a major speech took place: No, it was not the State of the Union address, but Steve Jobs' announcement of the release of the iPad. The iPad has already started to change the landscape of digital publishing: After a few days of a public battle, Amazon was forced to capitulate to a new deal with Macmillan, one of the six largest publishers; on Friday, Hachette started to make noise too. Previously, Amazon set the prices -- typically a default of $9.99. This scheme lost money for the e-tailer but promoted the sales of the Kindle reader.

And your point is .....?
Posted by: chano1 2010-02-08 13:28:15 In reply to: Andrea Belz

You make such a gross error in your first sentence that I did not bother to pay much attention to your breathless 'oh isn't what I'm saying so profound' style story.
27th perhaps?
You seem to have a penchant for 'breathless'.
It doesn't work.