But more choice is always preferred to less choice. Amazon's Kindle Store is available on a host of platforms, including iOS and Android, meaning those who want the James Bond titles can still read them on their iPads or iPhones.

Luckily for today's consumers, however, that might not be such a big deal.

But silos are seemingly developing in the e-book market where some stores might have titles customers are after, and others might not. When buying hard copies, just about every bookseller sells the same titles, and for the most part, customers should be able to buy any book in any store. I came across one book that Amazon has under one of its imprints, but it was originally published over 200 years ago, and was brought to Apple's store by Project Gutenberg.Īmazon's decision to keep its books close to the vest seems to underscore the reality of today's book-shopping experience. Every search for the titles yielded no results. 'The Amazon Publishing editions of these titles will be available in print format at and national and independent booksellers, and as wireless digital downloads in less than 60 seconds from the Kindle Store,' the company said in a statement at the time.Įarlier today, I spent considerable time sifting through books from Amazon's imprints and tried to find them in Apple's iBookstore. As with the Bond books, the titles would be made available to brick-and-mortar retailers, but not on other digital platforms. Back in June, for example, Amazon announced that it would be publishing 32 books in the late summer and early fall under many of its imprints. That said, it appears that Amazon doesn't like to play nice with other digital stores, even though it does so with brick-and-mortar competitors. The spokeswoman said that her company's 'first goal is to make a great a customer experience across the Kindle platform, including our devices and free reading apps.' The spokeswoman did not say if Amazon makes it a policy to not sell e-books from its imprints in other digital bookstores. Amazon is seemingly just fine sharing revenue on the traditional publishing side, but in digital form, it's not so quick to follow suit.Īn Amazon spokeswoman didn't necessarily deny that in an e-mailed statement to CNET today. Barnes & Noble, which will ostensibly be able to sell the hard copies, might not have access to the e-books.

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