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Originally Posted by advocate2
Because of not being bound by the "Agency Pricing Model" forced on the sellers as a result of Apple's not being able to get market share any other way, Rowling is not establishing a sales model for just herself, but many other authors. As contacts between authors and publishers expire, authors can put new works into a Rowling/Sony model.
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So we can all buy direct from authors from now on? I really don't like the idea of cutting out the book sellers
entirely, it's hard enough to keep an eye on all the books I'd like to buy without having to go to one-new-site-per-author.
Not that I have a problem buying direct from an author, per se, but being able to also buy everything from a mainstream supply store like A/B/K/S is exceedingly convenient. I would hate to see that cut out entirely, and I very much doubt that less famous authors could afford the loss in eyeballs...