TheNextBigWriter Premium → Court Holds That Publishing Platforms are Not Publishers
As to the 'Amazon is taking over the market', David Freer (again, mad genius club) argues that the publishers are doing it to themselves by refusing to compete with Amazon, even though they have build-in advantages. He might be wrong, but I think he's onto something.
Also see this.
All the esoteric arguments aside...it's called self publishing for a reason. You are the publisher, Amazon is the platform. Good decision made by the court.
Oh, and to address the issue of self-publishing vs. vanity press: Successful authors are using the self-publishing platforms. Again, see madgeniusclub.com . At least two of the authors who post there have series both through an established niche publisher and by self-publishing.
TheNextBigWriter Premium → Court Holds That Publishing Platforms are Not Publishers
