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Originally Posted by kennyc
Well certainly but if you following the larger publishing environment they you'll understand what I'm saying. I don't think anyone is or should be concerned about Kobo, but the current dinosaurs of the publishing are and with good reason worried about e-publication and they are doing everything they can to keep the status quo.
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I am a publisher, so I'm aware of the larger publishing environment. Our sales -- print and ebooks -- are up, and ebooks from non-traditional sources aren't having the negative effect on the industry that some like to think. The number of authors bypassing traditional publishers -- and doing so successfully -- is actually quite minuscule. Even smaller is the number of authors who have done so without having a pre-existing reputation.
Kobo and Kindle have latched on to the self-publishing model because it's a way to make money off authors. It's not really a threat to traditional publishers, nor are ebooks in general -- at least, for the shrewd publisher that embraces ebooks. The only change some traditional publishers need to make is to join those of us who have embraced ebooks and are starting to see a nice supplement to our annual sales. But right now, there's no reason to fear non-traditional sources for ebooks.