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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
I honestly think that 10 years or so, nobody on the planet will give the even the slightest thought about publishing houses big or small. The model will have moved on, because publishing will no longer require that you own or control factories full of printing presses and fleets of trucks to move the books around the country.
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BPHs
don't own those things.
They contract with printers and binders to actually manufacture the print books they publish, and with trucking companies to transport them. They may own warehouses where books are stored prior to distribution, but I doubt that, too. It's also likely to be rented space, under contract.
BPHs are are in the business of acquiring and marketing content. They are not printers, distributors, or warehouses.
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The recent flood of new devices and price drops for eReaders is going to be an extinction event for the big publishers.
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That presumes books will go entirely digital, which is unlikely. There are a fair number of things out there that are poor fits for ebooks. I wouldn't want to try to read a "coffee table" art or photography volume on a reader, for example.
There likely will be casualties as some houses fail to successfully adapt, bit I don't see the big publishers going away entirely.
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Dennis