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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I consider it quite unlikely that Apple is suddenly become the happening place for indies. Apple has long been focused on the needs of the majority of buyers rather than the narrow needs of a few. They have put the tools out there for those who want to use them, but as far as actively pursuing ebooks, I think that Apple will continue to focus on the mainstream publishers rather than the indies.
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Hey, I'm as skeptical as anybody that Apple is going to do a 180 and suddenly appeal to buyers of indie titles, but the (no-longer-so) Big Boys could also use some help directing buyers to their books. After all, they're dropping 300k added trade books every year.
http://www.bowker.com/en-US/aboutus/...08052014.shtml
That's a tenth of Amazon's catalog every year and about 700 new titles a day.
No way does payola alone help those suckers move.