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Originally Posted by sirmaru
Amazon Direct publishing already does that. See this link for three eBooks describing it:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...n%20publishing
Authors get a higher cut, pBooks are sold cheaper and printed as purchased - no 50,000 book runs, eBooks appear to get most of the sales.
Two of those publishing guide eBooks are free. Read them and see what they say. It appears this is the wave of the future. The old publishers may be going the way of the old Video Tape publishers - gone forever. |
Pretty sure I addressed the print on demand books. This is a no risk no cost thing for Amazon and of very little value to the author and has no bearing on getting the books to market. No editing, no marketing, no weeding out of the drivel. Just more or less functioning as a photocopier/binding service.
And this has so far proven to be not the wave of the future. It is very
old tech and many different variations have been tried and have failed. Have you actually held one of these print on demand books in your hand and found them to be of a quality even comparable to even the cheapest of mass market paperbacks? If so which one?
I am starting to think that you are of the opinion that books are just words and that quality of writing, content, research, accuracy, editing and even the entertainment value are irrelevant. Given that this is true for you, publishers, authors etc. are all alike for you and the cheapest and most convenient must be the best.
Helen