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Originally Posted by Phogg
Ebook sales overall are still growing.
Not shrinking.
The independent pie is advancing, and it is partially at the expense of the publishing house pie.
I am not sure that the publishing houses have much to offer.
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Phillip Pullman seems to agree:
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/pu...ir-role-326121
They key sticking point on the author side isn't just the services they "offer" or how they go about delivering (or failing to deliver) them but rather the price they demand for their "nurturing".
Even tradpub bound authors are starting to challenge the balance between the value of trapub services and its added value.
Pullman sounds like he's giving them one last chance to reform before recommending going Indie. They ought to listen to him.
(Probably won't. There is still no shortage of dreamers looking for validation by contract, including a fair amount of good writers.)