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Originally Posted by mrkai
Talk about the business and some solutions geared toward that, because, quite honestly, no one is going to change philosophical points of view here...this is real clear to me now.
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I've already done that... my business model is out there, and working (for me, anyway). What
should be discussed is, how to make e-book publishers take the leap of faith into non-DRM'd publishing and prices that the market clearly feels are fair, as well as how to get e-book "pirates" to shop in legitimate sources and abandon "illegally obtained" e-book sources.
Make no mistake, it is a leap of faith that is needed here, as there are no guarantees that this will work for everybody. My method might not work for me, if I was as famous as a Crichton or Rowling, and other authors like King have tried methods that have done them more harm than good. The Baen model might be the most successful here, or maybe Harlequin is doing better, but I don't see other publishers and authors swarming into their camps.
We still need a proven, documented publishing method that anyone can use to get into e-book publishing and thrive. Until we have that, Big Publishers won't be willing to risk their shirts on the vague hopes and empty promises that are represented so vocally on these threads. And they'll keep throwing their books at Amazon and locking them up at high prices.
So: How do we convince publishers and authors to take that leap? And how do we convince buyers to honor it?