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That's why people like Stackpole and Konrath are benefiting the most from this situation: they're leveraging the benefits of indie publication to serve an existing audience. Authors without an existing audience have to create their audience before they can serve it. It's simply easier for those authors who only have to do one thing rather than two.
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But my point is that nothing has ever changed (nor will it ever) in this regard: established authors will always sell more because they're already known—regardless of the medium. All others are struggling to
become known, so they can join those ranks.
Yes, his posts are geared toward established authors embracing the idea of self-publishing, but that doesn't change the plight of the unknown indie author in any way.
I guess I just don't get your point. Yes, the new climate will benefit established authors more than it will indie authors... but the old climate did too.