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Originally Posted by pieter
All in all, my point being that even though this problem hits the book industry the last, it will hit it the hardest.
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This is an interesting post and well done - I do not mind long posts - however it is based on unwarranted assumptions. The most important one in my opinion is that e-books are going to become mainstream.
Eric Flint posted some good counterarguments to that - and remember that this a guy that is an editor, publisher and writer that promotes e-books and e-magazines big time - so I am not going to repeat them. They are here:
Paper books are not going to be joining the dodo any time soon. If ever.
http://www.baens-universe.com/articl...ing_the_dodo_a
A Matter of Symbiosis
http://www.baens-universe.com/articl...r_of_Symbiosis