Thread: Cheaper e-books will kill us, says publisher
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Old 02-02-2009, 10:17 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by DixieGal View Post
We are a tiny fraction of the book buying population, but we are a very vocal sub-population. Until there are many many more ebook buyers clamoring for significantly reduced prices for ebooks, it will be a slow struggle to convince mainstream publishers to get on board.
You only have to look at the print media of newspapers and magazies. I am sure their CEOs thought that people getting news on the internet was a niche thing. It is such a small market... we're good to go.

Now suddenly the whole industry is in trouble. But, those that got on line early are in a good position.

With ebook sales doubling year over year it doesn't take Charlie Epps to figure out that a geometric progressions means that in a short amount of time ebook sales will be larger than pbook sales. It has happened with digital music, it is now just about there for digital movies... The publishing industry is walking around with EYES WIDE SHUT.

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