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Originally Posted by doctorow
"We are facing all the same risks as the music industry," said Olaf Ernst, worldwide director of e-books for Springer, a German scientific publisher. "But if our reaction is like theirs was, we will have problems."
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So, at least they recognize the problem. However...
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Originally Posted by doctorow
"Once we can be assured that there will be security for our authors, then we can move forward," said Arnoud de Kemp, spokesman for the digital publishing working group of the German Association of Publishers and Booksellers.
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That just sounds like they are thinking the same way the music industry is... they're not taking into account the new business model e-books represent, and the need to think "outside the box." They may not emulate the music industry, but if all they're concerned about is profit loss, they'll just make new mistakes.