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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
That is rubbish. If the people who buy new books shortly after release don't register as a significant portion of all readers or book purchases, then they simply disappear into statistics. If the publishers have to depend on those that buy books brand new right after release to stay afloat, then their business model is flawed. Please don't kid yourself, even on mass market the publisher makes a profit. Of course they don't want to since the profit margin is smaller.
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Well, making the "bestseller" lists depends on months of preorders and pre-release hype to sucker people into buying books *before* the word gets out that the thing is just unreadable. That is how you get the increasingly common one-week wonder "bestseller".
It is the same approach to "consumers" that Author Solutions takes; "take 'em for all they're worth before they realize what you're doing." Repeat business not needed. It's the old "sucker born every minute" and "no shortage of dreamers" business strategy. They aren't wrong, so far.
Check the reviews on this bit of "culture" from the guardians of literature.
http://www.amazon.com/Shore-Thing-Ni.../dp/B0062GLWZS
Beware, you might hurt yourself laughing.