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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Traditional publishers who provide quality e-books will continue to be successful under the traditional model. While some indy authors (especially those previously published) will be successful at self publishing (and a handful will become very successful), consumers will continue to pay $10+ for books from publishers because trying to find the handful of good books from the giant internet slush pile is to tedious for most readers...and is likely to become even more so in the future.
We've been through this with music. ITunes and other internet distribution models have not led to a golden age of indy music. What the vast, vast majority of consumers want is music from traditional labels. (They may be able to avoid paying for it, of course, but that's a different issue, and not one that helps the indies.)
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to me all that proves is that most consumers are lazy, they'll lap up whatever is put in front of them. ("good enough" *shrug*)
people don't have to wade through piles of mediocrity, great stuff is there right beneath the surface but they're not even willing to put in that modicum of effort. they want to be told what to read, watch or listen to because they're intellectually lazy, which in turn leads to the vast wasteland of mainstream tripe that we've got. i just can't identify with that mind set.
you're 100% correct and thats what irks me
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