01-20-2010, 04:51 PM | #46 |
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01-20-2010, 04:56 PM | #47 |
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Yeah this is very big news for the publishing industry. Cue conspiracy theories, has Amazon heard that the Apple tablet is coming out and a number of publishers are already in the process of integrating with itunes for the launch?
If there's one thing Amazon knows about Apple from their mp3 sales is that the itunes store is tough to compete with (huge customer base and publicity). Amazon could be seeking to make a more appealing alternative for authors/publishers already? |
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01-20-2010, 05:31 PM | #48 | |
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The point I was trying to make (apparently not very well) was that I believed prices of books sold to Amazon and to Amazon's competitors should be the same. |
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01-20-2010, 06:23 PM | #49 | |
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01-20-2010, 06:59 PM | #50 | |
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Amazon is only preempting Apple's announcement next week when they will announcement the same 30/70 split that they use succesfully on the Appstore and iTunes. This is the ONLY reason they are doing this. Competition and hallelujah for that. Publishers are going to feel the pinch, when all is said and done they are the middlemen who connect the authors with the reading public. Create a profitable low cost distribution system and the age of the publisher could be soon extinct. |
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01-20-2010, 07:28 PM | #52 | |
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Keep in mind that 35% of a book with a list price of $28 (a typical list price for a hardcover) is higher than 70% of $9.99. I think this has more to do with fighting back against publishers that have decided to delay the release of ebooks. |
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01-20-2010, 08:41 PM | #53 | |
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I expect it has more to do with using the carrot rather than the stick to make $9.99 the ceiling for ebook pricing, as well as just getting more people and small publishers to use DTP. I also doubt Amazon has all that much to fear from Apple, since they can likely knock out a "Kindle for iSlate" or whatever it is (if it actually exists) with full Whispernet integration fairly quickly. |
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01-20-2010, 08:51 PM | #54 |
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This is true of the DTP system offered to individual authors and small publishers. It is not true of the upload system used by larger publishers. E-reads, for example, which embraces DRM-free multiformats in other stores, has no choice but to accept DRM in the Kindle store. (And, for that matter, the Sony store. And probably the B&N store.)
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However, the major publishers get an even better deal than the small publishers. So if the existing system, based on 35% of List Price is better for smaller publishers then you can be assurred that it is even better for the bigger publishers. As far as I can tell, the only people Amazon is offering a carrot is the authors that dump their publishers (at least in regards to ebooks). |
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01-20-2010, 09:25 PM | #56 |
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks View Post Oh--those of you talking about DRM--it is up to the publisher whether to include DRM. Their current upload process allows me and other authors to opt out of DRM. Is that so? I'd heard other authors complain that they didn't want to distribute through Amazon because they'd been told they would be forced to use DRM. ENDQUOTE It is a new "feature" that became available in the last couple of weeks (there was no announcement that I know of, but it's a new button that authors are talking about) So you are correct--in the old system, anyone uploading was automatically DRM. Now you can opt either way. I'm not quite clear on books that are already published. Some authors are finding that they can "republish" with DRM or without, but the location of the option is not...always easy to find. |
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This seems like good news. I am interested in the idea that they adopted this because Apple is going to make the same offer next week. And text-to-speech? Is Apple going to make iTunes your spoken-word library, too?
It will be interesting to see how this affects the deal they have with Smashwords. |
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The real question now is whether Apple's device makes a splash as an ereader. If it does, Amazon runs the risk of publishers relegating Kindle releases to 2nd-tier status. The announcement is certainly good news for established authors with digital rights to their back-catalogue, and for smaller publishers who charge under $10 anyway. As for new authors who think self-publishing with Amazon is now the road to riches - well, good luck with that... |
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Is there a moderator around, because I'm not going to do this behind anybody's back. But surely what he just posted contravenes all the rules on etiquette around here (even with a thumbs up). It's a personal attack, and I'd like to report it out in the open instead of being some sneak about it (because I've been on the end of those enough times).
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