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Originally Posted by tompe
But they are in the long run and in the process they will destroy publishing and cause less good books to be published.
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I can't agree with that. What they will do is destroy
traditional publishing which is on borrowed time now that ereading is starting to really pick up steam. They'll follow pretty much the same model as the recording industry has, but way, way faster.
And the result won't be less good books published, but way more good books published as those big publishing houses will lose their status as the gatekeepers for the publishing industry. There will also be a ton more crud published, for sure, but there are going to be more and more on-line communities that help readers find the good stuff.