http://www.teleread.com/2006/07/20/ingram-parent-of-lightning-source-to-be-dumped-next-by-amazon/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:57:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.teleread.com/2006/07/20/ingram-parent-of-lightning-source-to-be-dumped-next-by-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-70364 David Rothman Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:55:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5208#comment-70364 I doubt LS will go under, they have other customers, but this is indeed a MAJOR loss of business. And, of course, by apparently focusing on an in-house format, Amazon is showing the dangers of as proprietary approch. Independents like Fictionwise have built much of their busines around Mobipocket. How much can they trust Amazon/Mobipocket in the future? - David I doubt LS will go under, they have other customers, but this is indeed a MAJOR loss of business. And, of course, by apparently focusing on an in-house format, Amazon is showing the dangers of as proprietary approch. Independents like Fictionwise have built much of their busines around Mobipocket. How much can they trust Amazon/Mobipocket in the future? – David

]]> http://www.teleread.com/2006/07/20/ingram-parent-of-lightning-source-to-be-dumped-next-by-amazon/comment-page-1/#comment-70359 Dan Jackson Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:46:59 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=5208#comment-70359 Aren't Lightning Source the main suppliers of ebooks for Fictionwise? I'd hate to see them go under, the vast majority of my ebooks were purchased from there. Aren’t Lightning Source the main suppliers of ebooks for Fictionwise? I’d hate to see them go under, the vast majority of my ebooks were purchased from there.

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