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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Or is it Indies are giving Kindle some leverage they wouldn't have without them?
I think it goes both ways.
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Leverage Amazon has actively courted.
It definitely goes both ways, but Amazon using Indie, Inc as "BPH insurance" isn't serendipity for Amazon; it is a strategic plan coming together. Self-publishing was baked into the Kindle from the beginning, at least two years before Indie publishing took off in 2009.
Fictionwise relied a lot on indie publishing but it didn't become mainstream-viable until after Kindle took off. And it can be argued that Indie mainstream success doesn't just correlate with high BPH prices, it relies on it.