Amazon to acquire Goodreads

I am distinctly less willing to give reviews to Amazon than Goodreads. Then again, maybe Amazon/Goodreads will actually start suggesting useful things now.

So it’s Apple vs. Microsoft on daring, Apple vs. Samsung on smartphone market share and patent conflicts, Apple vs. Google on specifications and price, Apple vs. Amazon on willingness to cut margin, Apple vs. its customers on betrayed expectations, Apple vs. itself on the insurmountable challenge of remaining a true innovator forever. Interesting times.

Smart editorial from Brad Hill on Engadget.

I am completely unmoved by the argument that if Amazon forces traditional publishers to sell books at lower costs, then the publishers will go away and we won’t have books anymore. Hogwash. The publishers built for a printed books world may go away, but their digital native versions will replace them.

David Pakman: Why Should eBooks Cost $15? (via TechCrunch)