Thread: Publishers still missing the point on e-book prices
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Old 12-21-2011, 07:16 PM   #221
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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
And I'll add a fourth group. The retailers. They don't earn enough profit then they go out of business.

So far no one (except Apple perhaps) has found a way to make money on digital/streaming services.
TV Networks do. XM Radio does. Dish Network does. Netflix does.

Brick-and-Mortar stores won't make much on digital services, because we don't get those from physical locations. Device makers make money by providing us the tools to get them. Content creators - e.g. Paramount Studios, Katy Perry <gag>, PopCap Games, The Wall Street Journal - make money by charging the streaming service providers (again, TV and radio stations, Netflix, etc) for access... who then charge us.

You can make money off of YouTube videos if you're good enough to get advertising... just not much money, because competition for eyes is fierce.

The challenge with ebooks is that, unlike TV and Radio, they haven't been streaming in other formats for decades already. It's a growth pain for the monopoly-distributors.
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