Talk:General Discussion/@comment-1914684-20150416135930/@comment-1914684-20150423195342

I think it is more important to realise the large difference between making money and having a lot of customers and revenue. It is not particularly a good thing even if you are have a lot of products and large market share if you can't make money out of it. Kadokawa may be highly recongisable, but it does not make it a good business to run. I do think the statement that there is trouble across many publishing companies is a true statement.

Kadokawa is big in e-books in Japan. I do think e-book fanboys and fangirls need to remember that they don't really own the e-books that they buy (i.e. it is a license you can view the book over the Internet or gadget - the e-book company can go broke or use some clause in that TL;DR end user agreement to terminate customer access to the book). The magazines and newspaper that I have internet subscription have options to send me a real copy if I really wanted one; you don't get that deal for many e-book vendors (that includes Kadokawa's and Nico Nico's E-books). That is why I am sceptical on e-books (and e-books are not neccessary cheaper - used book stores are fantastic).

Anyway, I have doubts not just with Kadokawa, but also with its married partner - Dwango (Nico Nico). It is quite possible Google can crush Nico Nico in the coming years.