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Originally Posted by Vaseline
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Originally Posted by 13xforever
Here in Russia, typical eBook price (they're all DRM-free) is more or less $1 (1/10th of the actual hardcover book).
Sometimes there's actually sales, and everybody is happy. Moreover, in our stores I've seen most accurate and well-formed eBooks ever (correct multi-level ToC, big covers, embedded illustrations). And most times you pay once and get eBook in any format you want (epub, mobipocket, html, rtf, pdf, fb2, palmdoc, etc) - e.g., I am usually download epub and pdf versions, all free of additional charges.
So I must say, that maybe Mr. Michael Justus must look closer to publishing process and do not build wild theories.
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Really? This sounds like some sort of ebook heaven. |
Well, it's just because all this eBook business is at birth stage here. So, the ebook stores try very hard to bring more customers to them. I fear that after a few years, it may be all different and not in a good way.
But I really hope that I wrong.
Worst thing though, that we don't have any foreign authors, because our publishers can't get license to publish translations in electronic form (aka ebooks). This is really sad, because, although our homegrown authors are good and all, they're just a tiny bit of worldwide literature fond.