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Originally Posted by tompe
So exactly what is Amazon's model?
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Amazon's Kindle store encourages the following ebook practices:
High author royalties (50-70%)
No geo-restrictions.
Price optimized for volume sales; $2.99-6.99 or so.
Lending and TTS enabled.
ebook-first publishing.
DRM-optional, at author discretion.
It's not as if Amazon invented those things, but they do keep track of what works for both consumers and authors and adopt them when it helps them make money. They also experiment with promotional tricks such as the Prime Library and the new Audible bonus to authors who participate in social media to promote their audiobooks.
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https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=175460)
Most of those practices are followed by many of the New Publishing Houses as well as the smaller, more agile traditional publishers. Many of them also sell direct to consumers from their own web site.
In general, publishers that follow these practices have little to fear from Amazon.