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Originally Posted by CommonReader
I don't believe that this is a viable option for most publishers. The ebook genie is out of the bottle and the publishers have no chance to push it back.
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Why do you think this? Opting out of the e-book game is as easy as...not releasing an e-book. It seems to me that if a publisher perceives e-books to be a hassle (and particularly if consumers have what publishers consider to be an unrealistic expectation of what they should pay), then that publisher would simply say, (insert Eric Cartman voice here) "Screw you guys! I'm goin' home!".
And I'd be hard-pressed to blame them, really, with people claiming that e-books (which are easier to search, more portable, smaller, and far less perishable) should cost less than throwaway paperbacks.
The idea that writing only has intrinsic value if it has a physical presence is almost comical to me, if it wasn't so sad. It's an idea that needs to be stamped out.