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Originally Posted by abookreader
Well on a practical level I really don't care that much and I keep telling myself that. There are very few books published these days that I feel hit the "line up at midnight 'cause I can't wait to read this!!!" level of public interest.
On an emotional level, I'm starting to weary of being treated by the Publishing Industry that I'm unworthy of purchasing their product because I wish to read digitally instead of on paper surrounded by cardboard held together by glue.
It's like I'm like the little orphan girl shuffling up to the front of the room and squeaking out "Please sir, may I have a book?" in a scared and trembly little voice.
In today's business climate, can any business treat their customers in such a manner and hope to survive ... much less flourish?
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Short answer: no.
Long answer: they obviously think they can. But, as with the irrelevant music and movie industries, every single day they delay practical, non-offensive selling policies, is another day where people make connections on the networks and share for free. Every day they keep DRM, is another day where DRM is stripped. Every day they charge three and four times the real worth of a book, is another day when the digital price reaches zero on the sharing networks.
In a battle between commerce and knowledge, knowledge always wins.