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Originally Posted by DJHARKAVY
Anyone know anything about print-on-demand?
Seems to me that would be a good long-term model for the brick-and-mortar bookstore. Keep electronic copies of all books, sell the book and print/bind it for you if you want a hard copy.
Saves on warehousing and shipping, although the cost per book might be prohibitive...
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Print on Demand will certainly have an impact on bookstores, as a way to provide desired titles without requiring the shelf space to store them. Prices for a POD title
would be higher, though I don't offhand know how much.
But I doubt the bookstore is going to sell many pure ebooks. If you can just pop online and buy and download directly to your connected device, why bother going to a bookstore to get it?
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Dennis