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Originally Posted by Xenophon
X. [*] Cons: This approach is certain to get them into multiple lawsuits. And at least a few of those lawsuits would be expensive ones. Further, it will tend to give them a reputation for violating their publishing contracts. And that negative reputation would really interfere with their ability to do business generally, acquire new books to sell, negotiate with authors and agents, etc.[*]Pros: Get their feet wet with electronic sales now. Make sense of the contractual issues over time. Avoid sullying business reputation.
Xenophon
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The author part of your Con - most authors have little choice in the matter, and the majority of them are super desperate to sell. There is a never ending ever-increasing supply of this lot.
All the major publishers and media conglomerates have horribly sullied reputations already, DRM, lawsuits, etc. Not to mention financial fun and games.
They are delusional if they think they don't. Unless you mean only with each other? Insular thinking like that wouldn't surprise.
See that Doctorow secret treaties article from today.