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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Plenty of musicians actually *own* their own labels, do their own recordings, and merely use the studios as distributors. In the world of digital, they don't need even that. They control their art, they choose how to proceed.
The same will happen with books.
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It's already started although there aren't many examples yet. Bella Andre got seven figures from Harlequin (for her 8? book series) and retained her ebooks rights. They're paying her a boatload of money and are doing the part that traditional publishers still do best, distributing and marketing print books. There have been others, but she's the one who comes to mind. IIRC Hugh Howey did something somewhat similar with Wool.