Uh Oh, Amazon is starting to succeed publishing popular authors

I’m not sure if this is an uh-oh or an opportunity for authors, but Amazon is making some headway in the publishing space. They’ve recently published two big named authors — Dean Koontz and Patricia Cornwell — whose books were both subsequently blacklisted by booksellers. That means the books are pretty much only available on Amazon, but that doesn’t seem to be a problem.

When I say Amazon is publishing these authors, I mean they’re signing them to deals and putting together full-fledged marketing plans that includes digital (Amazon owns Kindle), audio (Amazon owns Audible) and possibly even streaming deals (Prime Video).

Even with the boycott by booksellers, Amazon claims that Cornwell’s book, Quantam, has “reached approximately 600,000 readers across print, audio, and digital sales and downloads.”

We know how publishers feel about this, but what do you think? Uh-oh or opportunity?

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