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Originally Posted by orlok
Who knows? I just can't see that it would cost the publisher much to convert to an ebook, given that everything is already available in electronic form nowadays.
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depends what format the hold their source in - if it is in some archaic non-HTML based typesetting package then.....
dunno if amazon expect publishers to do their own conversions to Kindle of if they offer a conversion service. I do know that an awful lot of books are STILL not available in Kindle format.
could also be that some authors refuse to go the e-route, just like the Beatles refused to let heir music go digital - for fear of lost physical format sales.
It's not hard to find e.g. a pirated Harry Potter e book, but someone ( maybe Rowling, maybe her agent or publisher ) clearly things there's more money to be made by NOT allowing e-book versions - go figure.