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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Point to remember: Google has had a (reportedly) large problem with pirates using Google's unpoliced Indie channel to sell tradpub titles (mostly big name BPH authors) side by side with the legal editions so some portion of Google "indie" sales may be BPH titles, which might explain their relatively low BPH revenue.
Add in Amazon's aggressive discounting of BPH hardcovers and strength among Indies abd Agency 2.0 is looking to be the best thing to happen to Amazon bookselling since...
Well, since Agency 1.0.  |
At one time Google seemed very passionate about books, making digital copies of books. But for awhile now Books have seemed like yet another neglected Google product. They have a pitiful catalog of modern authors and mid-list authors. Google Books has looked like a huge missed opportunity for quite awhile now.
Amazon's print book prices, as compared to ebook prices, has rekindled my interest in buying print books, and I didn't think that would happen. But the same price, or $2 more for a hardcover book than an ebook--who can say no to that?