Thread: NYT: Electronic Device Stirs Unease at Book Fair
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Old 06-04-2008, 02:35 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
This is just FUD. When iTunes started they sold songs for $.99 each. Now that they are they number one seller of music (or are they still 2 behind Wally) they still sell each track for $.99.

As many of use have felt, if publishers really studyed ebooks and electronic distribution they would realize that they could make more profit with lower prices on ebooks than on pbooks.

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I agree BOb but this kind of thinking is rampant against any big coporation. Everyone has the same knee-jerk reaction (including me at times)

What corporation doesn't want to corner the market on whatever? It's what they do. (See the excellent documentary "The Corporation").

I wholeheartedly and completely agree with you on your second point. If only publishers would see the benefits of "e" and stop treating it as a threat.

But, publishers are simply following the same path the music industry followed. They learned that electronic distribution wasn't the end of their industry, merely an evolution.

The Publishing industry will learn the same thing but probably not after much "wailing and gnashing of teeth".
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