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jbcohen · 01-18-2011, 08:11 AM

As far as I can see there are several factors that are holding back electronic books taking a larger share of the book publishing market:

1) Prices - a lot of potential customers simply do not want to pay that much.
2) Scared of technology - My own mrs and parents are like this they would preferr not to deal with technology at all. I am a network administrator so this is not really an option for me as my whole livelyhood is made working with thechnology.
3) Publishers do not make their products available in electronic format - For example Golden Eagle, publishers of Executioner, Super Bolan, Stony Man, Outlands, Deathlands and Rogue Angel. If they are available in electronic thats from a reseller not the publisher.
4) Don't know - A lot of my friends do not know what an ereader is and what they do.

01-18-2011, 08:11 AM	#1
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	A Fourth issue for thoughtful debate - what's holding back electronic books? As far as I can see there are several factors that are holding back electronic books taking a larger share of the book publishing market: 1) Prices - a lot of potential customers simply do not want to pay that much. 2) Scared of technology - My own mrs and parents are like this they would preferr not to deal with technology at all. I am a network administrator so this is not really an option for me as my whole livelyhood is made working with thechnology. 3) Publishers do not make their products available in electronic format - For example Golden Eagle, publishers of Executioner, Super Bolan, Stony Man, Outlands, Deathlands and Rogue Angel. If they are available in electronic thats from a reseller not the publisher. 4) Don't know - A lot of my friends do not know what an ereader is and what they do.