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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
That's mostly true and for a good reason: they do not need to. When they will be forced by external pressures, they will do it, until them everything will be just half-hearted as is now.
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But why? A publisher's goal is to earn money. He is doing this by selling books to customers. That is his job. He would be a fool if he would let an opportunity slip away. So why are so many publishers so reluctant to publish an ebook in a timely manner? The costs are minimal - at least compared to paper books (paper, printing, proof reading, formatting, logistics).
Of course, for the time being, ebooks are just something nice to have and not a big seller. That might change in the future. But given the small amount of money the production of an ebook costs, I still don't understand why not every publisher will bring out an ebook when he releases a new title.
Alan