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Originally Posted by Mememememe
I am a publisher, so I'm aware of the larger publishing environment. Our sales -- print and ebooks -- are up, and ebooks from non-traditional sources aren't having the negative effect on the industry that some like to think. The number of authors bypassing traditional publishers -- and doing so successfully -- is actually quite minuscule. Even smaller is the number of authors who have done so without having a pre-existing reputation.
Kobo and Kindle have latched on to the self-publishing model because it's a way to make money off authors. It's not really a threat to traditional publishers, nor are ebooks in general -- at least, for the shrewd publisher that embraces ebooks. The only change some traditional publishers need to make is to join those of us who have embraced ebooks and are starting to see a nice supplement to our annual sales. But right now, there's no reason to fear non-traditional sources for ebooks.
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Right, I agree. Those that embrace it are the ones that will survive, because soon there will be no buggies to use those buggie whips on.
The major publishers, despite their overtures to ebooks are still fighting against them to keep the status quo. Unless they are willing to fully embrace e-publishing they will be as dead as the dinosaurs. This Kobo thing and even the Kindle thing are just the tip, the start of what the future will be. Paper books will be a rarity, ebooks will be the norm. We're in a transitional period, the change is not hear yet, but it's coming, just like that meteor did.