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Old 09-19-2007, 06:39 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by pskopp View Post
On December 28, 2004, I entered a post stating that as far as I could tell Tor/Forge/St. Martin's Press (Holtzbrinck) had only released one ebook since May, 2004. Fictionwise released 59 of them today. All in secure Mobipocket only. The Fictionwise club price for Soarer's Choice by L.E. Modesitt after Micropay rebate is $16.63 U.S. The Fictionwise club price for The Assassin King by Elizabeth Haydon is $15.44 U.S. Both of these books are being released in paperback this month and are priced at Amazon at $7.99 U.S. Seems to me this is a "guaranteed to fail" approach to getting back into the ebook market. You would think they would try to reach as many consumers as possible to make as much money as they could. But no, DRM (or something) is obviously more important than money. Someone at Holtzbrinck undoubtedly got a huge bonus for this ridiculous ebook marketing approach.
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