Are publishers a thing of the past? If it's up to Amazon, they will be...

20 Oct 2011

Here we go...this has been getting a lot of attention lately, and rightly so I think...so far, they've been courting more "established" authors, so it probably doesn't affect anyone here on Lush at the moment...

But, I would have to think it's a sign of things to come...

Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html?_r=1

You know you want it, you know you need it bad...get it now on Amazon.com...
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22 Oct 2011

Interesting, however, not a reality.

Professional writers, in the main, will not want to be part of a homogenous McPublishing chain. I'd be embarrassed if the only place I could get published was on Amazon.

Secondly, the monopolies and mergers commission (or their country equivalents) would step in if it ever came to that.

23 Oct 2011

were is the monopoly and mergers committee now!! all of our banks are owned by like 3 people!! and they just sit around together and decide new rules and fees and regulations and we can do nothing about it! It is so frustrating!