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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Tor belongs to Macmillan, which doesn't allow its ebooks to be distributed to libraries. They don't like ebooks. They know ebook DRM can be stripped; if you buy a hardcover, you can't upload it to a filesharing site. And they want to sell more hardcovers, even if they profit just as much from ebooks--they don't *like* ebooks.
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Any idea why this is the case? Three years ago, when IIRC is when I got my 505 (for $300!!) and I was the first person I knew IRL to have one, I could see hoping that the ebook problem would just go away, but now that they're available for $68 in Walmart, Kindle's entry price is not too much higher, Amazon sold more in ebooks than hard copy books recently, and Toys R Us is selling a kid-friendly reader ... well it's just not going to happen.
Surely they'd be better off developing a business model that works in reality, rather than insisting on maintaining a business strategy f or the world they wish existed?