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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
For large scale adoption of e-books you need low prices and no drm
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Low price? Yes, but ebooks can be significantly cheaper in price and still generate more profit than paper books because the costs are also much lower. And I would not consider DRM a problem. Other than with music files, DRM in ebooks is very transparent and easy to use even for a novice user. Consider sites like fictionwise or mobipocket, where you can register four different e-readers. It's easy and no hassle at all.
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The publishing industry is doing very well despite perceptions to the contrary, so it has no reason to change, hence high e-book prices and drm and negligible digital revenue.
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Sure, because 99 % of all book sales are made with paper books. But ebooks generate much more profit because they are not significantly cheaper in price than paper books but the production costs are much lower. But on the other hand, this technology is rather new and maybe publisher are just slow to adopt and need their time to recognize new profit opportunities. Keep bugging them might help.
Alan