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screwballl · 01-01-2011, 02:08 PM

I see this more as a transition... now the author holds the cards and the publishers will have to start coming to them if they want to produce their book in paper format, instead of the other way around. This also means the author has the rights to the book, not the publishers.

01-01-2011, 02:08 PM	#29
screwballl NewKindler Posts: 504 Karma: 1865773 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NWFL Device: Kindle3 Wifi	I see this more as a transition... now the author holds the cards and the publishers will have to start coming to them if they want to produce their book in paper format, instead of the other way around. This also means the author has the rights to the book, not the publishers.