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Old 11-23-2010, 02:40 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post

The point is, things are changing. As much as publishers would love to see things stay exactly the same as they always have been, that ship has sailed. Ebooks and the internet have changed the equation. The question publishers need to ask themselves is; do we want to be on the ship (even if our berth is now on the orlop deck)?... or do we want to be standing on the dock crying?

It's only going to take a couple of huge mainstream names moving toward self-publishing to make the whole archaic system come crumbling down anyway.
I had planned to say something along these lines once I reached the end of the thread. Things change.

However, I somehow get the feeling that the OP is less about ebook pricing and more about someone not willing to get suckered out of $50 for a print.
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