"Authors have never seen that kind of split in the entire age of print," says Chen. "Some can't help but think, 'Why don't I negotiate directly with the online seller and get higher royalties for myself?'"
「紙本書時代，作者從未享受到如此高的拆帳比例，有些作者可能會開始思考：何不直接與電子書平台交易，好拿到更高的版稅？」陳穎青說，數位平台的編輯製作及發送成本遠低於紙本編印與發行，現在又是「店已開張」苦等貨品上架，當然有可能來者不拒。