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I have not seriously considered POD, because of the high cost of individual books printed, the need to use paper, transportation costs, etc... it's a highly wasteful process, and you're defeating the purpose of an e-book that way.
As I've said before, it's not the product on paper, or even the collection of electrons, but the literature it contains, that is the product. I do not see my ultimate goal as being "in print," just in "being read." And if given the choice between the two... honestly... I'd rather my books were e-books than printed books.
That's why I can look at e-books in the same way as a TV show, which is its own product, and which carries advertising of other products or services, or patronage, to support it.
This is not to say that others can't produce e-books to advertise print books. But if that's your intention, I can't see the need to create an e-book at all... just a really nice electronic advertisement of the book. Because face it, those who have already read the entire book in electronic form, don't have the same incentive to buy the printed book, do they?
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