Thread: It is the Worst of Times for Reading EBooks
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Old 06-26-2019, 08:20 AM   #176
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Originally Posted by leebase View Post
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?

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Hum, I'm not aware of any major imprints that Amazon owns. To the best of my knowledge, their publishing efforts are focused on indies and the stable of indie authors who have bought in to the ecosystem that Amazon provides. It's mostly eBooks and print on demand books.

I am very aware that Amazon pushes their indies authors at every opportunity. It's made their recommended list near uselessness for me.

But even so, the eBook market is much smaller than the paper market. Based on various reports that I've seen, eBook sales was roughly 20% of dead tree sales in 2018 and is in the same ball park as audiobook sales.
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