Thread: WSJ: Investors Are Freaking Out About Barnes & Noble
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Old 01-12-2012, 11:17 AM   #126
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks View Post
Personally, I think Amazon allowed indies into the Prime and free program to pressure more traditional publishers to get into prime and to do more promos. Now whether it will work, I don't know. From a reader standpoint I'd like to see it. From an author standpoint, it could further cook my goose!

Yes, people are still buying books, but all of this industry change is going to push prices down (that's not a bad thing so long as it doesn't start also changing the selection.) And setting expectations for free can be hard to undo. If it happens to cost B&N or other retailers to shut down, that is also a bad thing.
Just out:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....rol-news&nyo=0

http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknews...3-weeks_b19352

"Some animals are more equal.."
Some people will get paying customers, some will be left unnoticed.
Quality and luck matters.
Hard work and self-promotion doesn't hurt, though.
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