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Originally Posted by Shaggy
"Free" is one that some people are talking about, and has worked surprisingly well in other markets, but it's not the only option.
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That is true - are there are a number of possible "give away for free"-models for authors and musicians. As long as we agree that it is not the best model for everyone around - we agree
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I don't think that's going to work though. Something is going to have to change.
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Correct.
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It wouldn't surprise me if eventually, they're no longer needed by either the consumer or the artist.
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Well - they are e.g. filtering (and though their would be some really good additional books out there - there would be a hell of a lot of crap), they can provide service (and a much better discussion base then a single author) to biggies like Amazon, etc - also I could think of e.g. Unions insted of .. say .. Sony.
I don't think they will disappear - but they are going to change, and they know it. This need not be bad for them - even a changed market can have very high (possibly even higher) profit margins.
I guess, that they are just trying to get as much money from it as they can, before it changes - and thus they can ignore disgrunteled customers (in their opionion) - at least this is the impression "they" cast on me.