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kennyc · 12-22-2011, 06:07 AM

#5 is the one I think is less than realistic, Sony had the advantage in ebooks and have blown it at every turn. This is no different, yeah, it will popular, but it's still a niche and will go the way or all niches.

#2 will continue, but unless the publishers adopt a radically different approach which embraces ebooks and gets rid of DRM they will still fail and the "upstarts" will take their place. The statement about "a number of years of digital" is totally wrong, the indications are that the traditional publishers don't have a clue about ebook publishing they are still trying to preserve their traditional publishing model which much change.

The others I basically agree with.

12-22-2011, 06:07 AM	#2
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,918 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	#5 is the one I think is less than realistic, Sony had the advantage in ebooks and have blown it at every turn. This is no different, yeah, it will popular, but it's still a niche and will go the way or all niches. #2 will continue, but unless the publishers adopt a radically different approach which embraces ebooks and gets rid of DRM they will still fail and the "upstarts" will take their place. The statement about "a number of years of digital" is totally wrong, the indications are that the traditional publishers don't have a clue about ebook publishing they are still trying to preserve their traditional publishing model which much change. The others I basically agree with. Last edited by kennyc; 12-22-2011 at 06:13 AM.