January 31, 2012

Will Amazon Kill Publishing?

The tech giant and book merchant is signing its own authors to get a leg up on Apple and Barnes & Noble. It just might crush New York's publishing establishment in the process.

Reuters
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In the world of publishing, Amazon is Godzilla. It's one of the largest book retailers in the country. It owns at least 60% of the eBook market, thanks to the Kindle. It's known to breath fire at uncooperative publishers. When it moves, the ground beneath the industry shakes, and sometimes there's collateral damage. .......

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