Amazon has changed the book industry, with the rise of self publishing and the undermining of the original Big Six publishing establishment, the profit margin of the traditional publishing firm has shrunk, and in many cases collapsed. In many ways the immediate opinion of consumers has been that this is a good thing.Consider though that a personal mantra of Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, is "Your [profit] margin is my opportunity." Unfortunately an entire ecosystem of value adding professionals used to [...]
