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fjtorres · 05-03-2011, 08:13 AM

The headline is missing a qualifier: the *print* book industry is, in fact, entering a death spiral.
Individual players without a viable transition plan to ebooks (Hel-lo, Borders) or too tightly bound to the high overhead of the print book supply chain and its old school business practices are in fact staring at a deadly tipping point where *their* profitability is at risk.

Doesn't mean the entire industry is at risk, though.
Some will live, some will die, but most will adapt.
The sky isn't falling.

05-03-2011, 08:13 AM	#5
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The headline is missing a qualifier: the print book industry is, in fact, entering a death spiral. Individual players without a viable transition plan to ebooks (Hel-lo, Borders) or too tightly bound to the high overhead of the print book supply chain and its old school business practices are in fact staring at a deadly tipping point where their profitability is at risk. Doesn't mean the entire industry is at risk, though. Some will live, some will die, but most will adapt. The sky isn't falling.