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I've heard stories that the ebook goldrush has ended. Does anybody have firsthand knowledge?

I know that romance novels always do well generally, or I've read that. Thoughts?

You could probably say that the "goldrush" has ended. To keep the metaphor going, this is like saying you can't just walk into a river, pan for gold, and make it rich anymore. Now, it takes serious a serious amount of time and investment to do well in the self-publishing world. Is there money to be made? Heck yes! But now, it's also more costly to get it.

> Now, it takes serious a serious amount of time and investment to do well in the self-publishing world.

Well, that's what I was curious about. Has the investment/profit ration gone way up? If so, that sucks for Amazon ebook publishers.

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