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Originally Posted by tirsales
Well - see music, mp3-player and music piracy..
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And see the comments I already made before, where the music industry figured out how everyone could make money on $1.00 MP3s but I'm not convincced the ebook industry can find an equivalent price point.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
Well - provide some proof that piracy was hindering the music industry in the year 2000. I did not find a single study indicating this - but multiple stating a quite different result.
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Then you're probably an old time pro-piracy person who didn't understand the nature of the business to begin with. In any case, I'm not going to take the several weeks it would take to try to convince you of that.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
Yes, books and music are not the same - still the same (provide high quality, good service, reasonable pricing) is true for music and books - after all I could get the same music for free (whether I listen to it only once or multiple times is irrelevant - and concert tickets are not that high a factor).
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Concert tickets are a major factor, as it gives music artists a revenue stream that authors do not have. The pricing and convenience are the other factor; mp3s are at a price where if you like it it's easy enough to just buy it, rather than take the time to pirate it; no one knows if such a price point is achievable for ebooks.