" Motives Presented for the poor performance consist of: bookstores which refuse to hold Amazon titles considering the fact that Amazon can be a direct competitor; incompetence to be a publisher (as 1 New York publisher explained about Amazon, "You will find certain things it takes to get a publisher. https://maplepublishers.com/blog/why-opt-for-self-publishing-is-it-only-for-creative-independence-or-something-more/