Jeff Bezos and Amazon are about to find out what the future holds for them. It seems that Amazon is about to find out if they can withstand being the middle-man between publishers and authors, especially in the eBook market. The real question that must be asked here is this: If the Internet is such a great platform for publishing, why is Amazon getting out-maneuvered so easily? Let’s take a look at some of the ways that the publishing business is changing right before our eyes.
Books and eBooks are the major factor in any eBook market. This is the main reason why Amazon has been ahead of the game in eBook sales. Amazon, Amazon. This is what the future of publishing is going to be like, with Amazon dominating the marketplace. If they can resist it, I think there will be quite a fight on their hands for the future of books.
Not only is Amazon getting out-maneuvered by other eBook publishers, but the future of eBooks also looks a lot less secure than we thought. What will be interesting is if they continue to increase prices as fast as they do. Of course, the publishing industry is going to resist this too, because they will become dependent on Amazon to have their books sold. It may turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy and we may be in a place where the future of eBooks will be based around only one eBook market leader.
One of the reasons why the future of eBooks looks bleak for authors and publishers alike is because of the way that Amazon is taking away some of the power from the consumer. The simple fact is that Amazon is making it hard for authors to sell their books on Amazon. Amazon is only allowing them to sell on their own website and if an author sells on Amazon through publishers or directly through their website, Amazon does not get a cut of the sale. The bottom line is that Amazon is making it difficult for consumers to buy books directly from Amazon. To top it off, Amazon is making it harder for authors to sell directly through Amazon because of its tolls and fees.
This is one of the main reasons why the future of eBook sales looks bleak for authors and publishers. It seems that Amazon is about to be the middle-man between the consumer and the publisher. Instead of the consumer buying books directly from the publisher, the consumer will buy through Amazon and pay through Amazon. This has the effect of devaluing the product, which is what we have started to see with Amazon recently. It seems that when a new ebook book is released that Amazon will be the most popular eBook publisher, but this trend is also going to be changing.
What happens if Amazon decides to get even more aggressive? I would say that in order to survive, Amazon will have to stop taking away the power from the consumer and start doing a better job of actually promoting their eBooks. This means that authors, publishers and customers alike will need to take more control of their eBook purchases and more publishers and customers are going to have to resort to purchasing eBooks directly from Amazon. This will also mean that Amazon needs to actually put a little bit of effort into promoting their products instead of treating it like some giant third-party. It would also mean that authors and publishers need to realize that even though Amazon may be their publisher of choice, they are not the only ones who have a right to control how their product is promoted.
I believe that if Amazon can finally do this, then Amazon may survive. However, I’m pretty sure that it is going to be a very long-term battle that they are going to be fighting for the future of books. I can’t wait to see where the battle lines are drawn and how Amazon is being beat by other eBook publishers. Perhaps it will be a good thing for us all that Amazon is about to experience a tough time of it. Please consider all this and think on it. What do you think?
