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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Old name author refers to authors who established themself before Indie publishing became a viable ramp-up option. The report comes from 2014--five years back takes you to 2009.
Before KDP moved to 70/30.
Before the conspiracy drove hordes of readers to Indies.
Before tradpub contracts crossed the line from "merely" exploitative to downright toxic.
Before all publishers "coincidentally" switched ebook royalties to 25% of net.
Things were truly different in 2009.
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Sigh. Do we really need the "Rah, Rah my team rocks, everyone else suxes" stuff? I get that you are an Amazon fan. Really, I do.
The transformation of the publishing industry is interesting to watch and has gone in a very different direction that many expected. To my way of thinking, what is most surprising is the rise of the audio books market share. People aren't going from paper to ebooks, a lot of them are going from paper to audio books. In a way, it makes sense in today's world where fewer and fewer people are willing to focus on a given task.