[Bob]

How about we ask the opinion of a published author who uses Amazon? Any input, Matt?

[jsanders2001]

The ebooks are a real licrative deal for Amazon; you do all the work and submit the finished product; they make 2/3 the profit. There’s not the usual costs of publishing and promotion as with a standard book. That’s my chief complaint. Its money for almost nothing for them.

[Travis McGee]

Jeff Bezos might be an uber-lib, but he has been the greatest thing to ever happen to indy authors. I sell printed books, e-books and audio books via Amazon outlets.

I don't care an iota about brick and mortar book sales. They are all going the way of Borders. Their dinosaur business model is dragging itself along on momentum. I don't even care what's on the back cover of my printed books, they are not sold to shelf browsers. I care much more about how my covers appear as thumbnails, that is where the decision to buy is made, or at least the decision to click on a thumbnail and continue toward a purchase.