Speaking of monopolies, anyone heard of JA Konrath? http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ He wrote the blog a newbie's guide to publishi

Speaking of monopolies, anyone heard of JA Konrath? http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ He wrote the blog a newbie's guide to publishing. During that time he discovered publishing his refused books on Amazon KDP because the big 6 publishing companies had rejected them. He used to be an advocate for signing with a big publishing company, and suffering their 17.5% royalty + marketing costs. Most large published books never out earn their advances your chops. But his refused books kept growing in sales with Amazon Kindle. The books he did publish with traditional publishes kept insisting on high prices to keep the paper backs competitive. Eventually he switched to just publishing on Amazon KDP as the future and eventually got the rights to his books back. The above book is published by Wiley. The digital version listed on Wiley's site is $14.95, the hardback is $27.95, while the amazon hardback is $18.27. The Kindle version is listed for $11.99.