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Originally Posted by stonetools
B&M stores will more rapidly go out of business, meaning that discovery options for authors will decline.
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As the DoJ observed drily if the BPHs are that worried about B&M stores they could subsidise them directly, rather than making eBook consumers subsidise B&M sales.
And really? Do we really think that more people discover new authors working their way along shelves looking at spines than by following links and recommendations online?
I've loved books for half a century and I was already discovering new print authors via the internet rather than in my beloved bookshops years before I switched to ebooks.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
Publishers will be subject to be squeezed by a monopsonistic retailer (Amazon) and and will therefore lack the resources to finance major nonfiction projects like Robert Caro's multi-volume biography of LBJ and to bet on ground breaking new authors.
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This is speculation without evidence. I see no reason why Amazon themselves wouldn't finance projects like these, and provide a conduit for ground-breaking new authors. It's also begging the question to state that the BPHs will be squeezed out of this niche. Maybe, maybe not. They need to adapt to the new realities and use their core advantages to turn a profit. Advertise themselves as providing a quality product. Find a new route to market.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
They also argue that the remedy provided will be an administrative nightmare.
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The DoJ pointed out that the remedy was formulated in discussion with the three who settled, and that none of them saw any difficulty in providing the required information.
Graham