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10-24-2024, 05:51 PM | #8702 | |
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Smaller publishers like Open Road and Valencourt just enable the Amazon monopoly when they only bother with sales there. |
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10-24-2024, 11:47 PM | #8703 |
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Unfortunately, it's to do with the relative volume of sales between Amazon and other storefronts. Sales through all other storefronts put together are a fraction of the Amazon sales, but still have the same overhead in terms of book management for each storefront. Basically, it's a business decision - they don't have the staffing levels to release anywhere else.
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10-25-2024, 12:28 PM | #8704 |
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What I find annoying is that Open Road sales are usually limited to the US. I don't think I've ever seen an Open Road sale in Canada, alas.
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10-26-2024, 05:58 AM | #8705 | |
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Staff isn't the issue. The same files and metadata can be used. It doesn't take long for one person. Yes, a lazy business decision to help make Amazon a monopoly. There is a separate geographical issue with large publishers due to historic agreements between publishers to carve up the world into exclusive zones for English language. This hurts authors and readers. But sometimes even small publishers or indie authors only use Amazon and inexplicably only North America. Last edited by Quoth; 10-26-2024 at 06:02 AM. |
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10-26-2024, 06:45 AM | #8706 | |
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Unfortunately, until publishing monopolies are looked into world-wide, I don't see this being resolved any time soon. |
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A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon is $4 at Amazon (only, far as I can tell).
Sequel (well, prequel) to Priory of the Orange Tree, which I would have sworn I had. But I don't. Quote:
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