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Originally Posted by HarryT
No - you can sell paperbacks at a profit because the hardback sales have already paid the up-front costs of producing the book. What people seem to want are eBooks released simultaneously with the hardback, but at paperback prices. That's a pricing model that just doesn't work.
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I agree.
The real issue is that for every industry, going digital is requiring a complete rethinking of "business as usual".Trying to fit it into the existing models is what is causing all the friction for creators, producers, and consumers.