I think the next few years will be interesting. If authors see the benefits of going Indie, and Indie starts getting better authors producing more polished works, the trad. pubs will need to change their game or go under.
However if Indie opens the doors too wide and falls down the slippery slope of self pub "quality" it may be a different story.
Thus far the Indies seem to be playing it smart though, so I suspect it'll be trad. pubs who'll need to change rather than anything else.
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