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Originally Posted by cassidym
Zelda, you are absolutely right.
...The recording industry was like this over esongs till Steve Jobs grabbed them by the ears made them realize that selling to at a low cost would drive up demand and, since the price is so low, help reduce pirated songs.
Lots of other factors involved but that's a major one.
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I wonder if Amazon will ever release the number of ebook/mag downloads... like Apple did after they passed the millionth iTunes downloads (then the billionth, etc,). Perhaps then we'll have something to point to when addressing publishers, "See, THEY made all this money on cheap downloads, now YOU do the same!"
Sigh, I love it when they kill a market (or induce rampant pirating) in the misguided attempt to make ever more money.