Publishers Fear the Kindle
While PoD publishers are worried about Amazon using its influence in order to corner the print-on-demand market through Booksurge and Createspace, traditional publishers are also beginning to fear the Kindle - and what it means for the future of eBooks:
excitement about the Kindle, which was introduced in November, also worries some publishing executives, who fear Amazon’s still-growing power as a bookseller. Those executives note that Amazon currently sells most of its Kindle books to customers for a price well below what it pays publishers, and they anticipate that it will not be long before Amazon begins using the Kindle’s popularity as a lever to demand that publishers cut prices.