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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
When publishers acquire these virally popular self-pubbed titles, I wonder who they think the audience will be? Haven't a lot of people already bought the book? I, for one, don't plan to rebuy, though I found the book quite cracktastic and enjoyed my read. I can see acquiring her future books. But I suppose it worked for the 50 Shades books.
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You bought the book as a self-pubbed ebook. eBooks constitute 20% of the book market. There is still 80% of the book market that is untapped and can't be tapped until the book is available as a pbook.
These ebook wonders that get signed to traditional contracts are being signed because the ebook has demonstrated that there is a market for the story and the vast majority of the reading public has not yet been exposed to it. eBooks create the chatter and pbooks create the sales/money.