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Originally Posted by Rob Lister
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?
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Presumably they are getting the source data directly from the publishers.
As for publisher printing, it would probably still be cheaper for Amazon to print as the publishers would still incur the cost of delivering books to Amazon's warehouse. Also, if Amazon is printing books for several publishers, they may end up printing far more books than any one publisher, resulting in savings due to economies of scale. Of course, the publishers don't want to give Amazon on advantage, and they would still need to maintain their printing and delivery infrastructure to retail their books in non-Amazon stores.