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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
No, just the truth....
I want publisher to succeed. They already have a real, live, hair-on-the-chest model to look at. Just clone Baen. Or even better, use Baen as a storefront. Baen already have the market acceptance. I just don't think it's going to happen. I think that the current publishers would rather fail that change. If so, a new publishing structure will emerge out of the rubble, the same way a new structure is finally emerging for the music industry. The real people who will be hurt are the authors. As usual.
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I don't think most publishers have the brand presence with consumers to warrant running their own stores. Genre publishers like Baen and Harlequin have a lot of visibility with book buyers. I mostly read what is usually categorized as "literary fiction". I couldn't tell you who published the book I'm reading right now or the last one I read, either. I don't know and I don't care. I want to go to a book store and find the book I'm looking for or browse for inspiration from a variety of sources. I don't want to go to five different websites. I think most of them need to focus on making good books like they always have and just distribute them to other sellers. I would love to see the balance sheet for their web stores. I bet they spend tons more the Baen and have far less to show for it.