Ask HN: Should or shouldn’t Amazon.com create a publishing company? 1 points by PJNasty 16y ago ↗ HN In light of recent events, I can’t see why they don’t begin publishing. Would this make sense for Amazon? If not, what issues make it a bad move?
[–] stonemetal 16y ago ↗ They do publish, or rather let you self publish through them. http://www.amazon.com/gp/seller-account/mm-summary-page.html...
[–] ippisl 16y ago ↗ It's a long term strategy, and very much dependent on kindle market share.It's not a move that will help the kindle in the near/mid-term future. And that's where they're focusing now.But in the long term if the kindle becomes popular , it might be a good move.
[–] mooism2 16y ago ↗ I'm sceptical. What does Amazon know about publishing?With the Kindle, they were already skilled at retailing and designing user interfaces.With their cloud services, they were selling a service they had to provide for themselves anyway.Why would an author sign to Amazon instead of an established publisher? What could Amazon do better than them?
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 42.0 ms ] threadIt's not a move that will help the kindle in the near/mid-term future. And that's where they're focusing now.
But in the long term if the kindle becomes popular , it might be a good move.
With the Kindle, they were already skilled at retailing and designing user interfaces.
With their cloud services, they were selling a service they had to provide for themselves anyway.
Why would an author sign to Amazon instead of an established publisher? What could Amazon do better than them?