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Originally Posted by whismerhill
I am just thinking governments could throw this up & force publishers to stop this practice so the retailer has the choice to sell at the price they wanted.
And really I wasn't even thinking that when I first wrote about how "green" ebooks are compared to pbooks.
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And you think publishers are just going to sit there and take it passively?
Instead of going out and buying themselves a bunch of legislators to block such a law/regulation? (Which, btw, they have already done in many nations.)
As for the green-ness of ebooks vs pbooks that topic is debatable and is occasionally debated around here. It isn't as clear cut (ahem) as it appears at first glance. Just as the ecological merits of electric cars you need to look at the entire system that produces and supports the product (in this case ereaders, phones, and tablets) to determine whether there is a real decline in environmental impact or merely a shift or (like with carbon taxes) an export of pollution.
The law of unintended consequences loves good intentions.