Thread: Amazon says 'will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan's terms'
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Old 01-31-2010, 09:09 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by rwizard View Post
the question is, does Macmillan really care if ebooks sell? Publishers have made it clear that they are not really interested in selling ebooks when hardcovers come out because they are worried that it will impact hard cover sales. In addition, they have shown that they are not really interested is selling them if they have a paper back version out either, in many cases, unless you are willing to pay a premium to get the electronic version. Now, I agree that they should be interested in these things since I believe that they would get enough extra sales to compensate for any "loss" of revenue per copy sold; but, unfortunately, they do not see it that way.
The short answer to your question is "no, they don't care at all." And I, for one, am tired of being treated as an inferior customer because of my chosen book delivery method (ebooks).
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