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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
As for eBooks, it seems, given that Amazon continues to sell Hachette eBooks without a contract, that no contract is needed. I don't know exactly how this works. Do wholesalers also sell eBook rights, without need for a publisher contract?
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This is where stuff like the preorder buttons etc comes into play. Example, only certain self-pubs that have shown a certain amount of sales and reliability are allowed access to preorder functionality. All Big 5 pubs and most other publishers have this functionality. I can only guess that it is a part of the contract, the same contract that is no longer binding, and yet Hachette screamed bloody murder that Amazon removed preorder buttons and the like.
There are other perks also, I'm sure, like certain types of listings etc on Amazon's *storefront* for visibility purposes that are used as a form of promotion. An example of one for selfpubs is the Kindle Countdown Deal. ONLY selfpubs signed to KDP SELECT can place their books as a Kindle Countdown Deal discount that Amazon then ADVERTISES here.
http://www.amazon.com/b?node=7078878011
Done correctly in conjunction with other forms of advertising like Bookbub, this can drive a selfpubs traffic to the top or near it, which means more traffic, more eyes, more sales, and from that the author garners more of an audience.