Thread: Publishers see Amazon as Predatory
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Old 01-23-2012, 12:06 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by carpetmojo View Post
If it's such a good idea, why did the publishing world en masse turn it down ?
Publishers don't always do sensible things. Remember that J.K. Rowling had to use a vanity press publisher for the first print run of the initial "Harry Potter" book because she couldn't find a commercial publisher to take it on.
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