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Originally Posted by Synamon
Two more factors make me think he's right and bestsellers will be less important going forward: inflated prices of bestsellers make mid-list and indie ebooks more attractive, and backlist out-of-print books will be digitized and compete with new releases.
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That has been my expectation.
We're looking of decades of tried-and-true, one-time bestsellers readily available right beside the "masterpieces" from future "snookies" and "Kardasians".
Effects are unavoidable.
I expect we'll see a feedback loop taking hold: lower "bestseller" launch sales will drive the trad publishers to try to make up the lost money with the lower cost backlist which will undercut the new releases and prompt a bigger backlist which...
"Round and round it goes and only..." ...consumers know how far it goes.
