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Originally Posted by Boyodublin
So, how can we cut out the middle guy, the publisher?
OR, maybe someone can take up the cause of negotiating a different type of $$ tier system for ebooks, separate from what we already have for hard copy books. It makes perfect sense that the "per book" profits expected from ebooks, for all parties concerned (writers, publishers, retailers,etc.) should be curtailed to the extreme. This way, the industry has a chance to gain traction and all parties concerned have a greater potential to make increased profit in the future. Am I dreaming?
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The publisher is not the middle guy. The publisher actually works for his part, however much or little. The middle guy is the distributer, wholesaler, and retailer... who basically take more than half the profit for shipping it around and storing it on their shelves... err... not that they do either of those things with eBooks, of course.
- Ahi