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Originally Posted by CazMar
I find myself buying hardback or at least high quality soft cover books now and buying novels and textbooks only as ebooks. Perhaps the small book seller can stay afloat as a niche business, selling better quality stuff, but I think with online sales they are still competing with economies of scale. And how long before publishers really cut out the middleman and start selling direct to the public?
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I think a better question is how long until authors post their own work and the book stores just order the books from a printing company that has rights to that authors books?
Or walk into the book store with your reader, press a few buttons, pay the store and walk out with the ebook?