Thread: Literary elites v. Amazon: yes, it's class warfare
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Old 09-13-2014, 02:31 PM   #31
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It used to be that if you were OK with people in Podunk having inferior access to books than people in Brooklyn, you were just a realist about the difficulties of making and shipping physical stuff. Now if you’re OK with that, you’re kind of an asshole.
The essence of the debate, from my point of view. Books are just different than Birkin handbags--it is essential everyone have reasonable access to books, and digital presents the best mode for making that possible.

Who should be the beneficiary of the cheaper distribution costs? The publisher (there is a particular site that sells hardcovers and digital books at the exact same price) or the customer (Amazon sells that particular ebook for about 25% less than the hardcover version)?
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