«The Senecas have an obligation to pay
in exchange for exclusivity and when they breached their obligation, they breached the compact.»
«The Senecas have an obligation to pay in
exchange for exclusivity and they breached their obligation, they breached the compact.»
Google and Apple are just as able as Amazon to implement something new, offer benefits in
exchange for exclusivity, etc..
The main stumbling block for self - publishers is that participation in Kindle Unlimited is restricted to titles enrolled in KDP Select — Amazon's program which offers various additional marketing tools in
exchange for exclusivity.
Amazon's Select program enabled authors to give away their books for free for 5 days, in
exchange for exclusivity.
EDIT: Jonathan Blow has come out and said that Sony did not pay them or otherwise fund development in
exchange for exclusivity.