Amazon uye Rebalancing the Book Publishing Ecosystem

Amazon yakagadzira inobudirira bhizinesi rekutengesa mabhuku. Muhurukuro yeIQ2 yehurukuro inoti "Amazon Is Reader's Friend," Matthew Yglesias, Mutevedzeri Mukuru weVox (nekukakavadzana "nokuda kwe") yakaratidza kuti Indaneti yekutengesa zvikamu 41% zvekutengesa mabhuku uye 67% mugove wekutengesa mabhuku e digital mugumisiro we "zvakanakisa zvayo".

Ichokwadi kuti simba ravo "chigadzirwa" rinoparidzirwa kune vatengi (mibairo yebudiriro yeChiratidzo pasina ) - uye kuti Scott Turow's akashandisa zvakanakisisa izwi rezvisikwa mune zvepikisano (akanga ari kukakavadzana "kurwisana") - zvakaita kuti ndive nemafungiro angu panyaya iyi.

Kutonga kwemakethe yeAmazon kwakaratidzwa kuva munondo unocheka nepamusoro kune vazhinji vanoita mararamiro avo ekunyora kana kubudisa kana kutengesa mabhuku. Asi kana mumwe achiona Amazon sewe simba rekuparadzira kana munhu anonyadzisa, hakuna munhu angaramba kuti zviito zvekambani zvinokanganisa zvikamu zvose zvekubudisa zvisikwa.

Kutarisa kune hutano hwakanaka

Sezvandinoti ndinofanira kukuyeuchidza vanyori vese: chinhu chokutanga munhu wose anoda kuyeuka munhu wose mukudhinda kwezvinhu zvinoda kuita purogiramu uye kurarama .

Sezvo ini ndinogona kunyatsotaura kuti vanhu vazhinji mubhuku rekubudisa mabhizimusi vanoda mabhuku, hapana mumwe wedu anogona kukwanisa kuvimba nemafungiro ezvinyorwa zvebhuku rinoitirwa mutsika kana pfungwa yekutamba kwakanaka. Kunyangwe chero ani zvake mune zvezvisikwa, vanyori nevanyori vanofanira kusimbisa kukosha kwezvatinoita isu uye zvese zvinogadziriswa zvinoda kugadzirisa zvinorema zvekubhadhara mari kune zvikamu zvose zvezvisikwa.

Saka ndezvipi zvisikwa zvakasiyana-siyana kana mazano angaita kuti tione kushungurudza ukama hwakanaka uye hunyengeri mubhuku rekubudisa jungle kune rumwe rutivi rwehutano hwakanaka?

Kutanga, zvishoma nezveAmazon

Mumazuva okutanga ehotera guru, zvakaratidzika sechishamiso chiri pedyo kuti chero bhuku rakadhindwa raigona kunge rave nyore nyore - rakange rakanaka kune vanyori vekudzokera shure, rakanaka kune avo vedu vane basa raive kutengesa mabhuku.

Chinhu choga chandinoyeuka pamusoro pekutanga kwandakaita ndechokuti Amazon yakanditumira ine chipfupa chebhondi nemashoko kubva kuGroucho Marx: "Kunze kwembwa, bhuku ndere shamwari yakanakisisa yevanhu. Mukati ye imbwa, zvakajeka kwazvo kuti zviverenge." Asina kusvibiswa asi akangwara kuhoora. Uye yakashanda. Mumazuva iwayo masikati, halcyon mazuva aJeff Bezos 'book book, chii chakanga chisingadi?

Nekunyunyuta kwekuInternet kuraira kuve nyore uye kusununguka kwebhuku kuwanikwa, kwaiva kubhadharwa kwevatengi - nenzira yakadzika kudhura kune vatengi, pasina mutero uye kutumira pachena - ndizvo zvakabatsira kutsigira maAmerica kutonga. Chimbomira mberi kune mhosva yeDENJ inopesana nekutenda kune vaparidzi neApple uye kumira-kureka neHachette iyo inokuvadza mabhuku ekutengesa nevanyori ... kuvaMunyori weGuild mutungamiri wekare uye munyori weTurow akanyanya kutaura nezvemazano avo:

"Amazon iHorry Horse, inopa mitengo shoma nhasi - apo Wall Street inoda kutenderera kambani isingabatsiri - pamutengo wekuparadza [tsika] yezvinyorwa zvinyorwa zvinonyanya kukosha kune vanyori ... Amazon zvechokwadi inodzivisa kukwikwidza nokuvhara vatengi varo kuburikidza nezvigadzirwa zvakadai se Prime and DRM, zvinoreva kuti Amazon vatengi havagoni kuverenga mabhuku akatengeswa neApple kana Google Play pamhando dzavo. "

Kunyange zvazvo yakarongedza zvimwe zviitiko zvebhizimusi, Amazon yakabudirira pakuonekwa sechibatsiro kune vanyori vanozvinyora-vakawanda vakaita kuuraya nekuparadzira kuburikidza neKDP yavo uye vakatora vaitengesa vagari kuburikidza neHachette standoff. Asi mazwi ekupedzisira eW Kindle Unlimited kubhadhara mhando yakaratidza kuti yakakanganisa vazhinji veavo vanyori vemu indee pasi, zvichiita kuti vamwe vafunge zvakare uchenjeri hwekuisa simba rakawanda rokupararira mune chimwe chinhu.

Asi Amazon haigoni kuchinja mavara ayo. Guild weGunyori ndechivimbo chemishonga yemutemo; Vatsigiri vezvemari veAmazon vangasarudza kuti vanoda zvigaro. Asi kune mamwe masimba ekushanda kunobatanidza mabhuku ekubudisa mabhuku.

Muparidzi Consolidation, Content Focused

Kubatanidzwa kwemabhizimisi ekudhinda kunosanganisira kuumbwa kwePenguin Random House, kutenga kwaHachette kwaPerseus, uye kutengwa kwaHarperCollins kweHarlequin.

Chero zvingave zvakaderera kune izvi, kuiswa kwezvinhu zvakanakisa kunotengesa kunopa Big Five zvakawanda zvakakosha nevadzidzi, uye inoita kuti zvigone kuendesa vaverengi kune vaparidzi panzvimbo pevatengesi vekutengesa. Izvi zvinoreva mazamu akakwirira kune muparidzi.

Vaparidzi vazhinji vanotaura mabhuku ebook zvakananga kubva kune mawebsite asi mugore ra2014 HarperCollins akanyatsoshandisa pachena kutengesa kwekutsvaga - kuzadzisa nekudhura, kutumira pachena uye shanduro yebhuku. Ichi chakanga chave chichiendeswa mberi kubva kune makore apfuura - nokuti apo vaparidzi vagara vachitengesa mabhuku kune vatengi uye mabhuku vagara vachibudisa, vaparidzi vanodzivisa kuonekwa sekukwikwidzana nevatengi vavo, mabhuku .

Asi mitsara iri mumabhizimisi iri kuwedzera pane ikozvino kupfuura kare uye inonzwisisika kune vaparidzi vezvetsika kunyanya kupikisa uye kurwisana zvine utsinye munharaunda yekugovera yedhidhiyo.

Uye sevanyori vari kunyanya kuita zvakawanda zvekusimudzirwa kwavo, vaparidzi vanogona kusarudza kuti mari inokurudzira vanyori veimba (kunyanya nepamusoro-soro mararamiro) kutengesa kutengesa kune zvinyorwa zve "vatengesi" zvakananga "kutengesa" kuitira kuti vakwanise kurwisana neAmerica ane simba rakanyora. HarperCollins ari kuita izvi iye zvino, achipa mamwe mazana 10% emadzimambo e mabhuku anotengeswa kuburikidza nehurongwa hwavo.

Uye ani naani anoda kuve munyori nhasi anofanira kuve akadzidziswa nenzira dzepamusika ... akaenderera mberi: kuparadzira maparidzi mavhisi, vanyori nevashandi, zvidhinha uye dhaka, nyama neropa.