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Originally Posted by dallas
Today publishers complain about piracy, in a decade you'll be able to subscribe to an ebook service* that allows you to read an unlimited number of titles a month from a massive selection of ebooks for $14.95 a month.
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None of which you will ever own (not that you actually own current commercial ebooks), you will need to read them through an internet connection, and titles will be added and taken away at a whim. A bit like Marvel's digital comics subscription model, or what I'm guessing is Google's ultimate aim.
I don't think it will be that cheap though. To be worthwile to publishers it would need to be priced higher than the average person would spend on books if they chose their own. 14.99 would only really cover the cost of 3 books, whereas most people with ebook readers would average at least one book per week.