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Originally Posted by GregS
That Penguin gives away ebooks, considering what Penguin has to offer is great news, but is it really where things should go?
I suspect they are right, ebooks at this stage will probably promote paper book sales. But that will not be the case in the distant future (or midrange).
I would rather have a system of micro-cash, where ebooks are brought for very small amounts.
The point being that authors, translators, coders and publishers should get something for their labour, and as the potential market size is in the millions this could mean a healthy income, for books that sell for 50 cents or less.
Greg Schofield
Perth Australia
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Why doesn't Penguin just open a subscription site with several levels of access.
1. Free eBooks using whatever Penguin books they want plus public domain books gathered from any source on the WEB.
2. For pay subscriptions at various prices, with the cost based on the country code in the subscriber's IP address. Maybe one book a month for 2 to 5 USDollars for US subscribers. .5 to 2.5 Euros for addresses in the EU, 1.2 Canadian dollars, etc. The Servers can adjust the math based on exchange rates with a country-by-country load factor.
3. This way Penguin can led the way to a sort-of World-Wide market for eBooks from every publishing house that wants to join, and provide eBooks in every language selling all the time, everywhere.
Just a suggestion.