Tag archive: exclusivity

Self-publishing authors of the world: Amazon wants your books, and it doesn't want to share them. Amazon today announced the creation of “KDP Select,”a $6 million fund intended to pressure independent authors and publishers into offering Kindle book exclusives for at least 90 days. The program rewards exclusive authors on a monthly basis based entirely on what percentage of total sales their work contributed to Amazon.… Read More

Nokia has a big press event in London tomorrow, but it seems to have procrastinated all the hard work until the last few weeks. A few days ago, we learned of a Jan. 27th leaked memo by new Nokia CEO Stephen Elop telling Nokia employees that the company is “standing on a burning platform” and is years behind its competitors in a myriad of ways. Elop also hinted that the company may adopt a third party platform like Android or Windows… Read More

With the impending launch of the iPhone on Verizon, many are wondering how many subscribers will swap carriers in the next few months. In its last quarter of iPhone exclusivity, however, AT&T has been making the most of its pedestal. During the last three months, the wireless carrier added a record 2.8 million new subscribers, making it the number one wireless carrier in the United States with more than 95.5 million subscribers. While… Read More

Non-AT&T subscribers may have given up hope landing iPhones last year when many sources originally reported that Apple and AT&T had signed a five year exclusivity agreement, but new details seem to indicate that the coveted device could be escaping to other carriers much sooner. According to a report in USA Today, AT&T’s agreement only extends to 2010, meaning iPhones could be cropping up elsewhere in less than two years.… Read More

“After EA secured an unprecedented, and hugely expensive five-year exclusivity partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and its players association last week – effectively eliminating direct competition in the American football genre – IGN suggests that the NBA has rejected an initial offer from EA gunning for a similar arrangement, arguing that EA's relative lack of domination in the basketball genre may… Read More