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Old 06-30-2016, 08:40 AM   #12
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My point was that ANYTHING could become their cash-cow if they would let it. It doesn't HAVE to be the the hardback. Try making money by selling more (for less) of what people want to buy, rather than less (at a higher price) of what you want to sell (because your business-model is unwisely still dependent upon the success of the product that costs the most to produce and distribute).
What's the incentive to change a successful business model, though? The profits of the Big-5 (or however many it is now) publishers are good. Why take the risk of changing what works?
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