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Originally Posted by anamardoll
This is what Amazon Encore does: They take an established indie author on B&N/Amazon/Smashwords. They hire the indie author. Amazon re-publishes the book. (Hence "Encore".) The book becomes a Kindle exclusive and people can henceforth only get it from Amazon.
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And why that guy was hired
... no one forced him to do it or sign a deal.
I mean, he probably has a mortgage, car payment, a daughter in college. He writes for money. Is taking a nice deal that maybe B&N can't offer.
I guess that the sad part (depending of your side) is that Amazon has the capital or cash to make such type of deals. But Amazon was a small company too. It's an advantage that big companies get over the time.
By the way, and for the records. I want B&N in business . I visit B&N every weekend, but If they want to stay in business , they will have to play smart, because Amazon has more capital to force and keep pushing those type of deals.