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Originally Posted by OneandonlyDoc
That makes sense...though I do seem to recall some arm-waving about Amazon not being publisher in the sense of the "Big Six."
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Amazon is a distributor, not a publisher. But I wouldn't be surprised to see them target successful indie authors for long-term distribution deals in the future. Otherwise, a lot of their best authors might go the way of Amanda Hocking -- straight to traditional publishing.
And yeah... a lot of the major authors (in speculative fiction, at least -- I'm not as familiar with other genres) are contractually required to let their current publisher have first dibs on the next book.