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Originally Posted by bigbadburninbush
But I would argue that market forces are doing precisely the opposite. By destroying the small publishers and enslaving everything to market forces. Amazons only criteria is that you sell. In order for unique voices to be heard it always required unique publishers with taste who were wiling to raise that author on a platform for all to see no matter the risk. Now its harder to educate people and fight through the noise to see the great.
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No. Traditional publishers, like independent and self-publishers, are also trying to make money. If trad. publishers' only goal was to educate people, they would be giving away books for free or minimal cost.
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Originally Posted by bigbadburninbush
For instance, an innocent peruser of the Amazon library may come across an edition of 'Moan for Bigfoot' by Virginia Wade, and find their choice validated by the like minded. And amazon will happily take your money. So will Virginia Wade for that matter. Of course Virginia wouldn't exist without Amazon and Bigfoot would never have crawled out of the forest without such support.
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So in effect you are arguing for less choices for readers, not more.