I’ve purchased about 1000 ebooks via Amazon over the years and use this feature a ton so that I’ve got a local library managed by Calibre. Amazon’s own interface for managing a collection is really not great. They haven’t improved it alongside making this decision.
Next, lots of authors who publish via Amazon just aren’t easily accessible via other storefronts, which contributed to the stickiness of Amazon as a ‘one stop shop’ for buying all types of books for me. While a few authors do go to the effort of selling via multiple storefronts or having DRM-free options, a fragmented buying and selling experience is more effort.
Amazon is also important to how borrowing works for my library.
I’m sure Amazon have done tons of analysis of which customers will be most impacted and which may leave, have concluded their business will be fine, but this absolutely sucks. It looks like this will make it much harder to buy books from Amazon and read on Kobo.
Do you re-read books you've purchased, or do you buy them for a single read? I've listened to a few thousand audiobooks, over several years, mostly borrowed from the library.
I used to purchase CDs of audio books, and sell them when I'm done, but with electronic purchases, there's no way to resell them, and I could never afford the rate I go through them.
Next, lots of authors who publish via Amazon just aren’t easily accessible via other storefronts, which contributed to the stickiness of Amazon as a ‘one stop shop’ for buying all types of books for me. While a few authors do go to the effort of selling via multiple storefronts or having DRM-free options, a fragmented buying and selling experience is more effort.
Amazon is also important to how borrowing works for my library.
I’m sure Amazon have done tons of analysis of which customers will be most impacted and which may leave, have concluded their business will be fine, but this absolutely sucks. It looks like this will make it much harder to buy books from Amazon and read on Kobo.