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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
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I read the article last night and thought about it over night. I find two of the points raised in the article particularly interesting.
First is discovery. While some here dismiss it out of hand, discovery is the main issue for most authors. If I don't know about a work, I'm not going to buy it. When one business, be it B&N or Amazon, controls the discovery process, then that's a problem. I think that eventually, over time, as people figure out how to monetize book recommendations this problem will solve itself.
The second is that Amazon's attempt to turn ebooks into a commodity will force authors into a new revenue model if successful. Ultimately, I don't think they will be successful though.