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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Having to give in to Amazon is a scary thought. So maybe it's Amazon keeping them from going electronic.
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But none of them have to "give in to Amazon"... they can sell their e-books independently if they choose. So I wouldn't blame willful ignorance on fear of one vendor.
It is clear that the financial model of e-books is so radically different that it will demand a major restructuring of every part of their business model, and for some of them, may simply not be feasible. That is what publishers are afraid of, and they are ducking the question and willfully remaining ignorant as long as humanly possible.
For those who have gotten into e-books, it remains such a small part of their market (and again, they do not want to invest in the effort it will need to make it a larger part), that they allow a few geeks somewhere to run the process as a loss-leader, and therefore do not consider it worth keeping track.