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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I think that's the crux of the problem: All of this is too new for sellers, distributors and publishers to have come up with a workable, profitable sales model, and it's further skewed by publishers and/or authors reluctant to participate in the e-book market due to concerns about piracy and just plain lack of information. Everybody's still trying to figure out what works, and a lot of them will turn out to be dead wrong.
I'm pretty sure the beginnings of the print industry went through a lot of this inequality, thanks to new marketers trying to figure out what worked and what didn't. Eventually, workable e-book models will also be worked out, and the industry will settle into predictable patterns, and more homogenous sales models. It should happen sooner, once the publishing industry begins to ease up on its innate fear of change (or is forced to embrace it, whether they like it or not), and begin to honestly try to support and pursue the e-book market.
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Valid points...but dude...the industry has had 25+ years to prepare for this...I simply do not buy into the "...we are all so confused by this new fangled digital format called a...a..???...ebook...is that it?..."
horse pucky...hehehehehe....but I hear what you are saying and it's the authors I feel sorry for...that is who has always gotten the short end of the stick.