I found this essay to be insightful and point on, and would like to hear the opinions of the MR community. Yes, it was written by a Kindler, but the site won't give any of you non-Kindlers a virus (
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I won't quote all ten -- the rest are listed
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the Agency Model is well-established now and we have $12.99 as the price at which most new books are released. Publishers have more control over ebook pricing than they had – They just haven’t been able to dictate terms to readers.
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It’s the readers who have kept ebooks and eReaders alive. If we didn’t have a critical mass of ebook buyers and eReader owners, and if they weren’t smart enough to avoid Publishers’ tricks, we would have seen eBooks die out.
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B&N has firmly established itself as a top-3 eReader company and a top-2 eBook company. Not only does it look like Nook Color will beat off iPad and other pretend-eReaders – it might even steal a bit of the Kindle’s target market.
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