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Can They Deliver For Digital Music Lovers?Recently, rumors have been floating regarding the possibility of both Amoeba Music and Amazon.com planning to each open their own digital music stores. As far as I know, these plans are still fantasy -- I've no idea whether these rumors have any legitimacy at all -- but it seems to make some sense for either of these retailers to make a foray into the digital music scene. To be true, Apple's iTunes Music Store already owns the iPod market -- yet that's because the device's owners are, for the most part, restricted to purchasing exclusively from Apple's store. Amoeba or Amazon, on the other hand, have an opportunity to deliver music to the rest of us out here with less costly (and, arguably, more open) portable devices. Yet will these companies -- if they even pursue this market -- be able to deliver? Certainly Amoeba has experience selling a music lover's experience within their fancily eclectic "brick & mortar" retail stores (though personally, I don't shop there anymore, since their prices are too high); I say "an experience" because I believe that's what they sell, more than the music itself. Yet what do they really know about selling anything online? It seems a bit of a risky proposition for a company which established itself appealing to the faux-retro-60's-Haight-Ashbury-"wish I had been there" scene. Amoeba Music is all about their stores; can they really transfer the experience to the Internet? I'm a bit doubtful. And Amazon: Certainly Amazon's done some wonderful things for the Internet shopping experience, providing us with those wonderful algorithms telling us what other books and music we might like to buy, based on our prior purchases. (You either love or you hate those 'Recommendation Engines'.) As sales of CDs decline in this age of digital music delivery, there is reason to speculate that Amazon is looking for a new source of revenue. Yet that may be reason enough to be wary when considering the Internet giant's offerings; will they be more concerned with their own bottom line than the digital music lover's desires (and dwindling PayPal accounts)? A music lover, looking for convenience and decent prices, I wait with caution...
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