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A PEOPLE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE WILL PERISH. THERE IS A WAR GOING ON TO DESTROY BLACK LITERATURE. FIGHT BACK. SUPPORT THOSE WHO FIGHT TO SAVE OUR LITERARY HERITAGE. STAND WITH AALBC. SAVE OUR RIGHT TO WRITE AND TO READ OUR OWN STORIES. VISIT THE WEBSITE.

Welcome to the forums @Author Brian Nelson. We are losing control of the fight for Black minds because we are losing platforms. There are some excellent bocks doing well in the Black community that should be more widely known, but our readers flock to Amazon for information about books and only discover the books that Amazon's profit driven algorithm pushes to them. This increases the incentives for more books like the ones that do well on Amazon to be made. Which also increase demand for books to be sold on Amazon and the downward spiral ensues, and Black folks lose. We all do, but my focus is on Black people.

You can leave off the "digital," and I'd agree with the statement. A book with a good, well executed, marketing plan with always be more successful that a one without one. Defining success by the number of people who learn about a book and read it. Keeping other factors constant like the author's name recognition, book cover design, format, price, etc.