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No it is not. I want to go to one store and browse and find what I want to find in one spot. I don't want to have 6 browsers open to compare and contrast books.
Just because you do not like Amazon, and apparently BN, Kobo, Sony, Waterstones or any other e-book store out there, does not mean that most people find them convienent and sensible. Most e-reader users buy their books from the eco-system their book is tied to. Make it hard for people to find books, and I consider having to browse 6 websites and have 6 log ins, and have 6 different accounts hard, and people will stop using their e-readers.
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Er, as I have pointed out, multiple logins and visiting multiple websites aren't necessary. That's a strawman. Even so, lots of people shop multiple ebook stores now. I've purchased from BN, Amazon, Kobo and iBooks this month. If you are not an exclusively Amazon customer, you welcome choice .
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Cut back on the advances, pay better royalties to the authors instead
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Advances ARE royalties . As for the rest, the publisher's job is to maximize revenues for themselves and their authors. One way is to encourage a diversity of retailers ( Agency pricing was an attempt to do that).
Another way may be to disintermediate the retailers altogether and sell direct to consumers (Pottermore is one way of how to do that. There are others). That, btw, IS a new marketing model-just not one you approve of. And it does include going DRM free or DRM "light".