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Originally Posted by taustin
Given that he has been professionally involved in pretty much every level of publishing, I'm inclined to take his word for it on how the industry works. Have you ever worked in the business?
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Yes, as a matter of fact I have, not as extensively as he has, but I also know someone with an axe to grind when I see one.
I don't agree with his analysis of the impact of DRM, and I don't trust his analysis of ebook costs. I also don't think game publishing on a small scale and six of the largest ebook publishers in the world make for valid comparisons.
I can only go by what I've experienced and read over a lot of years. I've seen far too many complaints from publishers about the physical costs of publishing and distributing paper books to ever accept that those costs suddenly don't matter. I don't buy it, and I never will.