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Originally Posted by MV64
I guess I don't understand why critics think if you read an e-book, you're shunning paperback books and will never buy another one. They're not mutually exclusive.
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I think that's a really important point and one that would stiop lots of Publishers being scared if they took it on board. |
For some folks, they
are mutually exclusive. There are folks on MR who simply won't buy a book if it's not available in an electronic edition.
I'm not one of them. There are whole classes of books that are not well suited for ebook versions, like fine art, design, and photography volumes. They need color support and a larger screen size than anything normally used as an ebook reader to be displayed effectively.
But if you buy the book as an ebook, for that particular book, it probably
is mutually exclusive. You aren't likely to buy
both versions.
What is likely to happen is that ebooks will take over from mass market paperbacks, and those will gradually cease to exist as sales drop to the point where it's no longer economic to produce them.
That
is a concern for publishers, as they try to figure out how to navigate the transition and make money on the ebook editions.
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Dennis