Apple is selling songs at $1 to tie you in to itunes (and the neverending updates - I don't want Quicktime!). People don't buy the entire albumn - they just buy the song. I read big musicians now have to tour to make money (Michael Jackson).
If Amazon raises prices, or we just get too sick of mobi, the publishers could sell books themselves, or create their own retailer, to compete with Amazon. Although I like Amazon, a majority of my books were ePub, originally. Thank heavens for Calibre!
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