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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Also being able to go to a publisher's website and see what it forthcoming for ebooks so we don't end up buying the pbook when the ebook is soon to follow. I personally think that not telling us is akin to lying via withholding information.
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I never saw that as a publisher's obligation, myself... it's like not telling us about a sale until the day it starts... but hopefully, if e-books become as regular as paperbacks, you'll be able to take it for granted someday that an e-book will be available, and just wait for it.
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Originally Posted by mrkai
What most interesting about that tho, and pretty unrelated to our specific discussion but interesting nonetheless is that all of the *audiobook* versions floas free, fast and in abundance thru the ether...
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Considering how incredibly expensive audiobooks are compared to print versions, this doesn't surprise me one bit. And publishers clearly look at audiobooks differently than print books... more like a multimedia product, maybe. Apparently the sales figures for audiobooks is nothing compared to most printed books, so the publishers have adopted the idea of them being an essential loss-leader.
Maybe they could eventually look at e-books this way, which could go a long way towards getting them to drop DRM.