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Originally Posted by Pushka
Surely you would also agree though, that this situation (for the print industry) is not simply responding to an issue in a timely manner, but rather, trying to respond to an explosion? Your father rightly points out the tradition of printing. And I have agreed, things need to change and they are changing. But at this very moment, it is the author who is wearing all this orchestrated and damaging revolt, not the publisher!
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No Pushka, it is quite the opposite. Ask yourself what happens when someone with an ereader wants to buy your husband's book. Do they say "Oh darn, it's not available as an ebook. I guess I'll buy the hardcover." Or do they say, "Oh well, I'll buy something else." I can tell you that I personally, and many like me, choose the latter option. This means your husband gets 0% royalties from us.
The best thing for your husband, and other authors, is for us to get publishers to abandon this delayed ebook release practice that is most definately hurting these authors.