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Originally Posted by mrkai
Yeah, I can dig it. I've said time and time again that these publishers seem to be more concerned about people that aren't their customers than those that are. It has to be the most...counterproductive...way to run a business.
But you know what? I'm starting to suspect that its NOT about business at ALL...but this may be a flaw with me being a person driven by rationality and logic.
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Personally I think that the basic motive for the publishers reluctance is that there is no external force to push them. Why rock the boat? Yeah, maybe you leave 10% of potential income, but what if you crater your business? Is it worth?
For music there was and is a HUGE external force that is pushing them, though they fight it at every step (ripping + Net), for books there are no such pressures.
Then the small imprints who are struggling are the ones trying things; again Baen was a mmpb sf house as late as 1995, and considering the collpase of that market, who knows if they would be in business today without using e-books to go to a hardcover model.