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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
it sounds like there are an awful lot of ifs, ands, thens and so on to support the equitable pbook argument. as far as this statement; Until then both ebooks and pbooks need to fit within a single economic model., goes, I think it has already been proven that there is a failure in that logic line.
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You can't divorce the Stephen King pbook from the Stephen King ebook in your economic model. They must fit together. They are the same product in just a different format. Consequently, you cannot act as if ebook pricing can be established using economic model A and the pbook pricing using model B. There isn't a failure in the logic line; there is a failure to accept that the products are not divorceable from each other.
The King books are a poor choice to use for the argument over pricing because of its high sales volume. It is an atypical product, just like the Harry Potter books were atypical for children's books. A better subject for the debate are the low and mid list books whose sales are more usual for publishing.
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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
if nothing else, take it from the environmental impact approach and look at all of the fines, penalties, negative impact and so on that are involved with paper production. that in itself, once ebook publications become the norm has to be HUGE! I think every publisher who continues to dig their heels in over this should be forced to live downwind of a puplmill until they get their act together
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You can't take it from the environmental perspective unless you are to suddenly stop creating pbooks altogether and only create ebooks, something that is no more realistic than saying you and everyone else should heat and cool their home with wind power starting tomorrow and all other forms of energy will cease effective tomorrow. The switch from p to e will take time and until that occurs, you have to look at a book as a single product in various forms, not each form as a standalone proposition.