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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
According to the linked article, the POD book is indistinguishable from other books in the case of large print-run paperbacks.
This piece of the article seems to sum it up nicely (as well as the entire state of the current publishing industry):
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If Amazon they can print back list titles (
where are they getting the source data for that?) then they can print new books just as easily. I can see where the publishers might have a few reservations with ceding that responsibility; they become dependent on Amazon.
Additionally, if Amazon can print the back-list books, why can't the publishers print them just as easily...cheaper, since they have the existing infrastructure? Many of them don't even copy-edit the ebooks correctly. Wouldn't they have to do the exact same copy-editing for PoD?