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The book publishing industry has entered a period of long-term decline
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... and isn't that ironic when people are reading more than ever.
Rather than focus their paranoid efforts on combating piracy, they should re-triple their efforts to sell as
many books as possible to as
many people as possible rather than the other way around.
I am of the mind that piracy can never be fully eradicated but its "dire" consequences can be mitigated. Readers can be coaxed and hoaxed and guiltied into buying ebooks rather than cut short with "nah, you're not from out backyard, you can keep your money" or "this ebook is $20 because its paper counterpart is a hardback and hardbacks are more expensive."
It's a long term decline of their own making. They seem to have a hard time keeping up the.... well, times, and readers (people but also electronic). Policies and mentalities need to change. Books ain't what they used to be anymore but that can be a
good thing.