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Originally Posted by HarryT
Do you think that the number of well-written books has increased? I rather get the impressiom that it's simply the amount of dross that's massively increased, and that won't necessarily have much effect on what people are willing to pay for decent books.
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There certainly is more "dross" now that absolutely anyone can publish. But I think there are also a lot of well written books too which would previously never see the light of day. Discovery, as it is now called, is of course much more of a challenge now, and there are some who avoid this challenge by only buying traditionally published books. But the fact that the Indie/Self Published market is gaining more market share at least indicates that not all of it is dross.
If someone can buy a good book for $15 and only dross or even a mediocre book for $8, we may as well be talking about separate markets. I think this thinking has figured in the Big 5's decisions. However, if you can buy a good book for $15 and a good book for $8? I suppose time will tell.