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Originally Posted by Phogg
The real damage to agencies is not the dollar amount of lost sales now.
It is the promulgation (to young readers) of the notion that Indy books can be just as good a read and give more of the profits to the author. While paying far less money per book. And, (as with Indie music starting fifteen years ago) this is intentional on my part.
Ultimately, to maintain the price structure they once commanded, they should have to acquire the power to stop independant writers from distributing their work by government enforced decree. Which is unlikely.
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Until independent authors start producing books to professional standards, I don't personally see them as a threat to established publishers. A few - a very few - independent authors take the trouble to have their books professionally edited; most do not, and, frankly, their work is not fit for commercial publication.