The WSJ has a high-profile look today at the growing digital self-publishing market, sure to be accelerated by Amazon’s new 70 percent royalty for self-published ebooks that meet certain conditions. Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos says the company “wants to be a partner, not a threat, to publishers. ‘I think the real risk is that there are a multitude of publishers. Some of them are really forward leaning, and are really going after this new e-book area,’ he says. ‘If you are not one of those publishers, then I would be worried.'” Seth Godin sees the overall market splintering into two […]
