Concern About Amazon / Booksurge Builds
Over at Publishers Weekly, Jim Milliot reports that a major topic of conversation at the London Book Fair this month is Amazon’s continuing attempt to force POD publishers to use Amazon’s BookSurge if they want their books listed on the now gigantic online e-tailer. Jim makes a series of interesting points, including:
- Although Barnes and Noble’s online service grew 10% in 2007 that still represents only 10% of Amazon’s total business.
- Concerns over Amazon’s action might drive services like Google and/or MSN to start their own content delivery option.
- The recognition that Amazon may be in a position, or at least getting there, where they can contract with authors directly.
- That Amazon’s ebook reader, Kindle reduces authors profits because ebooks cost much less to produce.
Obviously, the concern about Amazon’s move is world wide and the issue is far from settled. It’s simply not yet clear how this will shake out or what we authors and consumers may be able to do to influence the situation.
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