[SteveEisenberg]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

As Shatskin said in his post earlier this week, things could get interesting on the tradpub side.

https://www.idealog.com/blog/a-lot-h...ast-ten-years/

I didn't like reading this from that link:

If this is a sign of things to come, and it is hard to see why it wouldn’t be, some profound changes might be just around the corner.

My concern comes because Amazon doesn't seem to issue advances to fund narrative non-fiction research, nor to do much to improve manuscripts. And I consider these to be the main social contribution of the incumbent large publishers potentially threatened by Amazon Publishing.

Now, as the individual who owns the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos does do a lot to fund narrative non-fiction research and improve (short) manuscripts. Perhaps this gives some hope. And maybe this is just a fiction issue.

Not that I don't read fiction. I do. But I've got zero fear of ever not being able to find the kind of fiction I'd want to read.

Do people think that Dean Koontz doesn't need strong structural editing? If the answer is yes, he might as well go to the highest bidder.