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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Yep.
Actually, the downward pressure is most likely to come from widespread piracy. Publishers will have to find that sweet price point that maximizes their profits while being just low enough to motivate people to buy rather than steal.
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I think they are more likely to ride on the coat tails of the other entertainment companies who can afford to buy politicians and get new laws created to prop them up.
Any push towards lower prices is going to come from reasonably well known authors self publishing thier backlets and passing on the savings to end customers. While writers feel they need some big company leeching from their talents it will never happen.