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Originally Posted by Timboli
In addition to my earlier word wall (sorry about that), one mustn't ignore the author/publisher factor. Many plainly and simply, don't like ebooks. They feel books are cheapened by being an easily disposable product like a file, etc, etc.
So it is not just reluctant book readers at the heart of it all, but the institution ... especially the older members, amongst whom, ebook is a dirty word.
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There are very,
very few authors and (especially) publishers who don't produce ebooks these days. The attitude you describe may have been common 10 years ago; I really don't think it is today. Publishers generally care about one thing and one thing only: making a profit. It would be a very foolish publisher who missed out on the profit potential in ebooks today.
Can you give us an example of a mainstream publisher who doesn't produce ebooks?