06-24-2007, 04:49 PM | #16 |
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The best thing about ebooks is that they can still be available for sale long after the paper version has gone out of print.
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06-24-2007, 04:55 PM | #17 |
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I hope Amazon enters the market early.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/a...e-book-reader/ |
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06-24-2007, 04:57 PM | #18 | |
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06-24-2007, 05:00 PM | #21 | |
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I think there might be a good opportunity here for a small, hungry publishing house to become the 800 pound gorilla on the e-book block, if they're in there right position. |
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06-24-2007, 05:03 PM | #22 |
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I have a book in my possession that has been printed in 1755, that is 252 years old and in good condition.
I'd love to see an ebook standard that will last that long, or even a computer for that matter. |
06-24-2007, 05:08 PM | #23 |
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.TXT? ASCII? Binary?
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06-24-2007, 05:25 PM | #24 | |
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Right now, sales of ebooks are nowhere near reaching that break even point, and like it's been said in the thread, publishers are a conservative bunch and they aren't ready to invest into something that may or may not work out, no matter how much they could earn if it does. The prices are high, because publishers that *have* dared to enter the ebook market are trying to make sure they get enough profit out of ebook sales to cover their venture, no matter how small the audience is or remains. |
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06-24-2007, 05:39 PM | #25 | |
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Sales are poor because readers perceive publishers are screwing us over on eBook prices. But eBook sales are hitting, and passing, the break even points. If eBook costs are higher than what I've said, then the publisher has some major issues with keeping costs down. |
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06-24-2007, 05:45 PM | #26 | |
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Publishers are not morons. However, they are obviously trying to make a living. And they've been listening to too many horror stories in the music industry, and maybe thinking (erroneously) that their selling market is the same as the music market, and will suffer the same problems. (Don't they wish.) And as I said, the best-laid plans to capitalize on a market don't do you any good when you turn out to be selling the Betamax. But at least the music industry didn't start having problems until MP3 became the dominant format, pushing all others under the floorboards. Most of the plans the publishers probably do have will come to nought if they pick the wrong horse, and they know it. So most of them will wait until the "format wars" are over, then race each other to Try To Take Over The World. (Brain... Brain... Brain... Narf!) |
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06-24-2007, 06:04 PM | #30 |
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Doesn't matter if an e-book standard lasts that long... as long as it can be translated to the next common format that does come along. (Removing DRM will make that task much easier.)
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