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Originally Posted by leebase
I agree.
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Do you, now?
Let me refer to the
recent interview with John B. Thompson where he introduced "the big book" as the essential goal of the big publishing houses of today.
I will agree with you that I don't matter. What does, however, matter is that piracy is going
directly after the throat of "the big book". The pricing, the choices of whom and how to sell, is, without any doubt, the business of each and every publishing house. The choice what to read, and at which price, is mine.
What I strongly disagree with is your application of past experiences to the new situation. I believe that ebook is "disruptive technology", the one that will redefine everything related to books, force the substantial changes that will affect all involved. That there will be blood on the floor, that at least one big name from the publishing industry will perish by the time that we finish this transition to predominantly digital content delivery and distribution.
I couldn't care less for the analogies with the hardcover editions. Ebook is completely different product and I draw no analogies when I am deciding what is "the reasonable price" (tm) that I am willing to pay for it.