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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I don't think you can draw that conclusion. It is just a natural switch from pbook to ebook due to the deluge of new reading devices. What was the number, 25 million new e-ink readers and tablets in 2010? The publishers could be selling a lot more ebooks if they wanted. 138% increase is incredible low.
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I agree that much of the increase in sales could be riding the trend, and 138% is actually lower than some other publishers are seeing (Random House's increase in 2010 was allegedly 280%).
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Originally Posted by Piper_
We can't draw any conclusions about the wisdom of whatever prices, without knowing the prices of the books they have made howevermuch money on, to howevermany people, when.
IOW, correlation =/= causation.
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Yes, an increase in sales could be in spite of poor decisions; the correlation isn't conclusive. However, the suggestion that they're "doing things wrong" is flawed not just because correlation =/= causation, but because half the equation is missing. There's not even a correlation to claim, aside from sore feelings. At least so far as I know, which usually isn't far, granted.