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Seems a reasonable article to me. I was one of those who thought ebooks would put paper books in the dustbin of history.
I do think the article misses something in its analysis. Young people bought paperback books in my day (I’m 55). We couldn’t afford new release hardback books. This. Option that some tragedy has happened because the brand new book pricing window hasn’t collapsed to paperback book prices.
Today’s $14.99 new book time window price is still $10 cheaper than new books used to be sold for. If that’s too rich for your blood....then, like me, you were never in the market for just released books. You waited for the paperbacks.
So I’m not so sure that cheaper paperback book prices are why new time window ebooks aren’t selling as much as expected. I’d love to have the sales data to really explore this.
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