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Originally Posted by *reg*
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I'm thinking it is greed and short-sightedness.
I think there would be a lot of people like me, who upon seeing the ebook is more expensive than the paperback, don't buy either - out of some sort of principle (and wait until the price drops), but rather go to the next book on their 'to buy' list. So the publishers end up with no money at all from me. Or am I odd, and people still do buy them even though they are more expensive?
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It's sad really. None of the big publishers seem to have embraced ebooks and there's no reason to believe that market won't follow exactly the same path as music. Even more so, as consumers have become used to buying their content through iTunes and other websites.
Eventually, someone is going to get the model right. My guess is a service that provides editing, artwork and formatting for authors, and sales to the public via some kind of iTunes-like experience. Think of something like book version of the iTunes Genius, that looks at your library and recommends new material for you. I'd bet that the first company to get that right will win big time.