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Old 11-08-2010, 02:14 AM   #96
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My conspiracy theory is that book publishers would prefer it ebooks failed and were never heard from again. The longer they can stave off ebook adoption the better for them. They won't need to find ways to address piracy, they won't have to give up the margins on the hardcovers...basically from a publishers viewpoint....I can't think of many reasons to be happy about ebooks. They won't have to worry about authors hiring their own editors and cutting them out of the loop entirely.
Theory, I see it as a fact
E-books are just all a big headache for the big publishers.
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