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Originally Posted by taustin
The trick is, other than the very top selles - the ones you hear about on the news, how likely is the average fan to know that their favorite mid-list author's books have been pulled from Amazon's catalog? Stuff already in print, they've already got, and probably won't notice if it disappears. New stuff, they won't ever see at all, unless they happen to catch the news somewhere other than Amazon.
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I agree. Although even when you are on Amazon I imagine if you're outside the top 10-100 charts it's pretty difficult to get eyes on your book rather than the 1000's of similar titles. I know that's the case with Apple's App store
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Though you should note that in this particular case, from what I could tell, the authors have nothing to say in the matter. Their publisher is the one in a dispute with Amazon, not the authors, so you cannot actually buy direct from the authors, who (probably) sold exclusive rights to the publishers. A bit more complicated than it might seem, but in the end, it amounts to the same thing. Buy direct from the publisher, and if they don't sell direct, the authors need a smarter publishers, and will likely get one soon.
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Yeah, authors do tend to get the short end of the stick in situations like this. I really hope more authors self-publish or at the very least retain rights to sell their ebooks direct when they sign a publishing contract (which I accept is easier said than done when they're possibly waving cash in front of you and you're not selling other books already)