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Originally Posted by nekokami
As far as I can tell, all authors and publishers need to do to ensure sales is offer a good product at a good price, with--very important-- a good user experience during the sale and use of the product.
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Although I don't disagree with anything you've said, I still wonder: If it really is that simple, why is it that publishers are fighting the internet and e-books so readily, instead of embracing it? There has to be more to it than that.
Part of it is the forced rewriting of their entire business system, partially because of the changes to profit margins that e-books would cause. But is the rest because they simply can't conceive of a way to offer a fair product and a good user experience?