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Originally Posted by Horemheb
That's true with an emphasis on for sale. Publishers however have no influence on the existence of ebook versions of their books. If they don't publish a book in ebook format someone will in a matter of days (see Harry Potter). Again, the only choice publishers can make is whether they want to collect the money for ebooks or not. People will read their books in ebook format either way.
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I doubt the amount of folks who pirate verses those who will pay $9.99 instead of $12.99 is insignificant compared to folks who will buy a hard back rather than waiting for the paper back to come out. Those are the customers and revenues that publishers are trying to keep.
And since Apple will be there to sell the ebooks at the manufacturer's suggested price -- you KNOW Amazon will as well.
Lee