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Originally Posted by Format C:
Retailers and distributors, like printers and truck drivers, put some work in every single copy of the book being sold.
Authors, editors and cover designers don't.
Obviously, if an author like John Grisham puts up a site to sell his (e)books directly to the public, he'd double his income.
And if he goes DRM-free, multiformat and with bundle offerings like Steve Jordan does, he can do even better.
I really don't know why big names don't follow that path...
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I wonder as well. I guess it is the fear of the unknown and fear of the eventual dismantling of an industry in which all authors have grown up with and into and they hold it special in their heart. Unlike most other industry it has its charm. It is steeped in tradition and always seemed to be a gentleman's (or gentlewoman's) industry. It is inter-twined with acadamia and is an art-form. To see all of the trappings of the charm sort of go away is likely a big a bitter pill to swallow.