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Old 05-09-2015, 08:16 PM   #24
SteveEisenberg
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Originally Posted by murg View Post
Actually, as a buyer of ebooks, Amazon is looking out for my interests much more than the publishers are. Amazon is actively trying to reduce the amount that I pay for ebooks.
Loyal Amazon marketeers likely want to increase the amount you pay for eBooks by getting you to buy more books. As far as I can tell, they don't worry themselves about the quality of the books, or even if they are long enough to be more than a short story.

Big publishers are trying to come up with books you and I want to read. That's in my interest as as a library borrower and used book buyer, just as it is in your interest as a buyer of current eBooks.

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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Neither is particularly concerned about the people who buy the individual books to read.
And one -- the big publishers -- seems to be a whole lot more concerned than the other over whether the books they publish will be greatly liked by readers.
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