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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
...but I believe it takes enough passion to embrace changes. Changes that are no doubt happening even though there is still some in denial. The old stronghold and monopoly of the big 5 is dwindling. Readers are changing (the people, not the devices). I mean, not everybody is going to change their ways, but many new readers have the option now. For older books we are still mostly dependent on the old system.
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The way I've come to see it the real divide isn't digital vs print nor indie vs tradpub but rather BPHs vs everybody else. The BPHs have created a consumer-hostile author-predation regime (witness their enthusiastic embrace of Author Solutions) that seeks to destroy and assimilate smaller tradpubs. That is good for nobody but them.
People who willing make less money just to make sure I pay for for the same product are not people who will get any money from me. That simple. BAEN is a trapub. APub is a tradpub. I have no beef with either. And, while I don't enjoy what the BPHs do to their employees, I do enjoy their squirming every time one of their schemes backfire. It'll be a long time before we're totally free of them but their increasingly reduced influence is a good trend.
So, ebook adoption: great.
KU, great for the heavy readers who can take advantage.
Prime Reading, an interesting funnel to get Prime subscribers hooked on digital.
The future is coming whether you like it or not. I prefer to scope out the terrain and position myself to suvive. It's not just ebooks, either.
Six months ago I dropped Cable TV (since I'm not watching SyFy it made no sense). So far,so good.
And the winds blowing out of CBS and CW suggest there are big changes coming to TV.