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This is clearly evident in their actions. This conclusion is supported by other transitions to digital media. This conclusion is supported by the new publishers which are emerging in the ebook publishing world that are not tied to the traditional print distribution model.
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This is worth repeating.
To many of the "publisher supporters" here and in the mainstream media, publishers = BPH.
Which is *wrong*.
The conspirators are but a fraction of the industry and the choice for consumers is *not* between perpetual BPH hegemony and a slush-pile marketplace solely of self-published "unedited crap".
There is a strong middle ground of small and mid-size publishers that are adjusting to the new ebook reality. There are publishers that treat authors as partners, not serfs; there are publishers that offer actual editing, proofing, and marketing services without demanding the author give up 88% of the revenues. There are publishers that work to maximize the revenue that authors can get from their work and aren't offended when a retailer offers up an extra $1 per sale bonus to authors that use social media to promote their audiobook. (Apparently because they fear it can be used to crosscheck royalty payments. Hmm.
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http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/does-...nd-publishers/
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/lb...%E2%80%99.html
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But Katz said there was also an issue of trust around ensuring an author’s income reached its potential: “As a writer, you entrust your intermediaries with a panoply of rights that can be exploited around the world. If they don’t do that, they are letting authors down. It’s a matter of moral trust—you would expect those rights to go exactly where they need to go.” He added: “All that really matters is the author and the reader.”
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Fellow-speaker George Lossius, c.e.o. of Publishing Technology, warned the industry that business models would remain in regular flux henceforward. “It’s impossible to predict the future,” he said. “We need to stop trying to do it and wondering who will win, and get used to the fact that in the future, business models won’t last 10 years.”
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The BPHs would have us believe that their giant multinational conglomerates are the *only* way to get quality books published to get us to overlook their depredations and out-right crimes. They want to wrap themselves in the flag of "publishing" to create a false dichotomy and obscure the reality that there are other choices.
There *are* other business models open to publishers.
There *are* other publishers that can and will survive without conspiracies and glasshouse towers and golden-parachute execs.
Publishing as an industry *can* and will survive without the BPHs and their criminal ways.
The quicker the industry learns to look past the oligarchs' smokescreen the quicker we can get back to the serious business of reading.