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Old 11-30-2011, 08:29 PM   #43
Andrew H.
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Yes, a few publishers can be independent of Amazon. However, over 2000 others still remain. Your established customers may follow you but you will need new customers to survive.
This. Disintermediation just won't work on a large scale because it would be hugely inconvenient to consumers. It works for Harlequin because the have a well developed market presence: when I was a kid in the 70's, even I knew that my grandmother read "Harlequin Romances," not just romances. And it works for Baen, with their focus on military sci-fi. But, yeah, it won't work a company like HC, with 80,000 new titles every year. I think one of the big six recently closed their online e-book sales presence due to lack of consumer interest.
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