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Originally Posted by tompe
Exactly how have that been seen? From my perspective it is still all about sustainability and long term survival or adaption to a book market that promotes good writing.
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Tosh. It is better for the reader to be able to decide what they want to read rather than what the BPH's decide readers are to read.
I can make that decision myself, thanks. BPH's particularly in Australia consider our market to be rip-off heaven. See Blue Tyson's analysis of that on Teleread.
At least Amazon are encouraging new writers by actually publishing their books (good, bad or indifferent).
These authors in the majority would not have a snowflakes chance in hell of being able to publish if they only had BPH's to deal with.
Amazon may not be perfect but by God, they are a modern company distributing item and product the way the customer of today wants. If that makes them painted by tall poppy haters as an evil empire run by chief enforcer Darth Bezos, then pity help the BPH's because they are truly going to become steamrolled by change.