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Originally Posted by Catlady
But now you throw e-books into the mix, and want them to come out at the same time as hardcovers, and at a significantly cheaper price. Of course they're competing, and the more mainstream e-books become, the more significant that competition becomes.
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If the competition becomes too strong, maybe you're doing it wrong.
Much as it hurts, every few centuries traditions HAVE to be reworked.
Why rest everything on the hardcover? Perhaps in the new age the eBook will be the primary revenue-stream, with hardcover and paperbacks only bought afterwards, to have something physical. I still buy CDs, even though I could download them all.
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About google: keep in mind that depending on where you are the result could vary! Google is not completely neutral - they filter/correct the results depending where you live.
(They have to - not everything is legal everywhere. They probably also factor guesstimates of preferences into it as well.)