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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Well, that was then. It's been some four years now.
I do think that the publishers are concerned about Amazon's power and market share. For the most part, Amazon isn't that sort of publisher. They are more of a passive publisher as far as I can tell. They provide the infrastructure for anyone who wants to take advantage of it and is willing to do the work.
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Not so. In addition to being a platform for independent authors, Amazon has developed its own imprints...markets the work of Amazon's stable of authors above all others. Have you not noticed who's books are in Amazon Unlimited?
Amazon, like Netflix, has huge data about what sells, then uses that data to publish their own content. Have you seen Amazon's growing line of products like Amazon Basics, and Solimo their lotions and potions brand?
Grocery stores have done this forever..selling store brands to compete with the CPG brands they also sell. But no grocery store has ever controlled it’s market like Amazon does. Far more than Walmart does. You can be a CPG company and not sell via Walmart. You really can’t be a publisher who doesn’t sell via Amazon