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Originally Posted by stonetools
Genre fiction, yes, but there is a lot more to books than romance, mystery and SF.
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Sure.
But the *ebook* business that exists today (and the topic is about *ebooks*, not print) is primarilly narrative text and heavily dependent on the genres. Much as the paperback revolution of the last century started with the genres, the commercial ebook industry of *today* is driven by the economics of genre recreational reading.
So yes, traditional publishers and their workflows and overlords still rule! (Glory, glory Hallelujah and all that)... *outside* the genres.
Outside ebooks.
But in ebooks, the old economics are being superceded by... something new.
Just *what* that something new is, is what this thread is about.
It isn't about defending the ancien regime but exploring how things are changing in the ebook realms. We're looking at the leading edge of change, not the legacy realms.