Comments on: Will Verizon be Amazon’s next e-book competitor? http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/08/will-verizon-be-amazons-next-e-book-competitor/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Udsen http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/08/will-verizon-be-amazons-next-e-book-competitor/comment-page-1/#comment-999309 Daniel Udsen Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:30:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/08/will-verizon-be-amazons-next-e-book-competitor/#comment-999309 Just to clarify my above statement i think that verizon's strategy will be to underbid amazon in short term cost. And that they might be hugely successfull at it. Just to clarify my above statement i think that verizon’s strategy will be to underbid amazon in short term cost. And that they might be hugely successfull at it.

]]> By: Daniel Udsen http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/08/will-verizon-be-amazons-next-e-book-competitor/comment-page-1/#comment-999306 Daniel Udsen Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:25:10 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/08/will-verizon-be-amazons-next-e-book-competitor/#comment-999306 For verizon content have always been seen as a cost to drive network consumer to their services, this means that unlike amazon who need the book sales to cover all expanses, this means that they arent tgat likely to drive the sales prize as far down as posible. Verizon will probably put a lot more focus on Public domain and other "free" content then amazon, and is more likely to opt for subscrition or library like models then the clasical and deaply flawed model of selling ebooks. For verizon content have always been seen as a cost to drive network consumer to their services, this means that unlike amazon who need the book sales to cover all expanses, this means that they arent tgat likely to drive the sales prize as far down as posible.

Verizon will probably put a lot more focus on Public domain and other “free” content then amazon, and is more likely to opt for subscrition or library like models then the clasical and deaply flawed model of selling ebooks.

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