Considering that Amazon has been known for being a place to buy books, digital or physical, it is not surprising that they have been thinking about registered top level domains such as “.book”, “.author”, and “.read”. In fact to a certain extent this makes perfect sense, but unfortunately publishers represented by the Authors Guild and Association of American Publishers have filed their objection to Amazon’s desire to own such domains. According to their complaint, they told ICANN that by placing such domains into the hands of a company like Amazon could be considered anticompetitive, and that this could lead to Amazon abusing their market power as well. Unsurprisingly Amazon’s rival, Barnes & Noble, protested, claiming that Amazon would use these TLDs to “stifle competition”. We’re not sure what ICANN’s decision will be, but what do you guys think?
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