Why Authors and Publishers are THRILLED that Amazon is Closing Book Depository

It made no sense to any of us in the industry why Amazon (through Book Depository) would charge more for books.
It made no sense to any of us in the industry why Amazon (through Book Depository) would charge more for books.
Author responses that made my eyeballs roll back in my head…
The best advice I got was from a community relations person at a Barnes & Noble was this: BE PREPARED TO HAND SELL.
They earn a LOT of money for the organizations, and usually cost a LOT of money for authors.
As a writer or author, should YOU be worried? Are your knowledge and skills about to become irrelevant?
This is just another lesson on why authors and publishers should never put all their eggs in one basket…
Read this to see what happens when an author stops promoting their book.
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After seeing so many complaints, we did some research. This is what we found…
That’s not all, however. A couple of weeks ago, a writer pitched an article for WritersWeekly, calling publishers and editors bigoted if they reject an article or a book manuscript that has poor grammar and incorrect spelling…