MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Cheaper e-books will kill us, says publisher

jsmith165 · 02-02-2009, 05:48 PM

Umm, Mr. Publisher Dude? That part about costs for e-media being similar to published books??

Well, see, here's the problem. The "e" in ebook stands for "electronic", otherwise known as technology. The thing is, many early adopters of ebooks are techies, you know, people who work with computers, build them, program them, etc. Most of them know what it takes to convert a Word document to an ebook file. Consequently, most of them think you're pretty stupid.

We know there are cost for converting to an electronic format. But it's a one-time conversion cost. After the up-front investment, ebooks can save us a lot of money.... and make you a lot more as well. If you were smart, you could see that... but then, your article shows how smart you aren't.

02-02-2009, 05:48 PM	#57
jsmith165 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: prs-505	Umm, Mr. Publisher Dude? That part about costs for e-media being similar to published books?? Well, see, here's the problem. The "e" in ebook stands for "electronic", otherwise known as technology. The thing is, many early adopters of ebooks are techies, you know, people who work with computers, build them, program them, etc. Most of them know what it takes to convert a Word document to an ebook file. Consequently, most of them think you're pretty stupid. We know there are cost for converting to an electronic format. But it's a one-time conversion cost. After the up-front investment, ebooks can save us a lot of money.... and make you a lot more as well. If you were smart, you could see that... but then, your article shows how smart you aren't.