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Originally Posted by HamsterRage
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.
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In the context I wrote my comment "publishing" should if I remember correctly be read as traditional publishing. The question was who started the war.
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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.
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Maybe or maybe not. Remember that traditional publishers is not just gatekeepers they also help writers to develop and become better writers.