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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
That seems an extreme statement to me. You can certainly argue that the money currently being paid might not be to everyone's liking, but it's a huge leap from there to "no friend of indie authors." I'd argue that indie authors have no better friend than Amazon. Amazon's willingness to embrace self-publishing and to give Indie authors the huge platform they have, is one of the main reasons they (the indie authors) are able to make money at all. The Indie boom simply wouldn't have happened without Amazon. How quickly some forget that without Amazon, we're back to the days of vanity-publishing and screaming into the void for a handful of readers.
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Absolutely! I read many authors now that simply aren't at the local B&N. Their only outlet is Amazon & Smashwords. No, indie authors don't get paid what established authors do, Before i retired, I had been in the computer business longer than Bill Gates and Michael Dell, and I never earned what they did. Our respective salaries reflected our economic value to our respective companies.
(Don't cry for me, I did OK)