Two interesting articles offer views on changes in the worldwide market for English-language books, and they are both about Amazon. In one, the NYT looks at the book market in Australia, where Amazon will arrive with full force shortly. (They have had an Australian Kindle store since 2013.) Long protected by both laws and oceans, independent bookstores had approximately 26 percent of Australia’s book business in 2015, according to Nielsen figures. Everyone puts on a brave face in the article, but competition is coming: “In interviews with more than a dozen booksellers, authors, independent publishers and lawyers specializing in copyright, two […]
