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Originally Posted by murraypaul
At the volume he is selling at, yes it probably is worth adding the lower volume channels. But now you are a much lesser known author, selling only 1% of the volume that he is.
You get 90% of your sales through Amazon. How much of your time and effort is it worth spending on the other 10% of the market? For which, on your calculations, you would receive $187. (Before taxes and administration costs)
How about if you sell 5% as many books as him. Is it worth the time and effort for $935?
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If you get to be popular and your name gets out there then having made the effort to have your eBooks in multiple formats in multiple stores will have paid off. Sometimes it doesn't seem worth the effort, but it is. You get a reputation and Amazon gets a reputation and that reputation is not good.
We got the agency model because of companies wanting to stop Amazon from trying to take over.
Think of it like this... You have a DVD player. You like DVDs. You buy DVDs from your favorite video store. Now along comes Amazon. They get companies to sell them movies that they will not sell to other stores. But, Amazon's not selling DVDs. Amazon is selling VHS tapes. How would you feel about that?