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Originally Posted by leebase
Hope this helps illuminate the "time window" that the publishers have to bring in the most money. It's really very small. Anyone not willing to pay $14.99 for the ebook need merely wait abit.
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But since ebooks aren't legally resellable yet, there is no significant market for used ebooks. I don't want to read printed books, in fact it is hard for me to do so now that I'm spoiled by the Kindle.
Ebooks can go on sale of course, with temporary price reductions but I think the fact that the publisher's goal as you say is to bring in the most money is a big part of the problem, shouldn't the goal be to illuminate the world with the flame of knowledge?
If the problem according to the publishers is the second hand market then the second hand market needs to be eliminated, there are two ways to do this,
1. Restrict sales to specific sites and specific methods. Draconian DRM.
2. End the practice of selling books, turning all texts into Donation ware and rely on the network and the goodness of humanity to keep track of content sources and cash flow.
I prefer method number two.
"If there is nothing to steal there can be no thieves"
