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Old 04-04-2011, 04:17 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by orlok View Post
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.
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.
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