Thread: Nicolas Negroponte: The Physical Book is Dead in Five Years
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Old 08-09-2010, 08:37 PM   #78
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
It is one thing to talk about people's preferences and another to talk about economic forces. If the volume of print book sales declines to the point a new release has to sell for $50 to justify even a POD edition those preferences are going to change pretty quickly.

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I think the printers would have to incredibly incompetent in order for a POD edition to cost $50. Even now I can order them for around $15. The cost of POD books coming from the "Expresso Machines" is about $3 for the materials. I could definitely see POD taking over as the main source for paper books, but the cost of those POD books will probably go down as this type of technology becomes more prominent.
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