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Originally Posted by Shaggy
True, but you still have to sell at a price that consumers are willing to pay. I don't think the market (demand) for eBooks is really going to grow while Publishers are charging the same (or often more) compared to the paper book.
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I tend to agree except I'd say that it won't 'take off'. I think it will grow, but slowly. And it might not grow at all if they keep up the DRM BS.
BTW, despite the fact that I understand why they charge the same for eBooks as hard-copy I still dislike it. Like the bookseller, I'm looking out for what I think is best for me. But I do look at the large picture.
Yes, I think that helping the eBook market grow is good for me. But I need to place a value on that so I can compare it to how much it costs me. (The cost is, essentially, the cost of buying hard-copy books vs. buying eBooks. And cost includes both storage & replacement costs. I rarely have a hard-copy book become unreadable because the bookseller went out of business or changed formats. But I've also never gotten rid of an eBook that I might want to re-read some year due to a lack of storage space.)