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Originally Posted by Blue Tyson
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Naa, not this time. The usual suspects are quite obvious, and you don't have to come up with some mysterious figure.
It's all about control over the content, the market and the consumer.
The consumer (Homo consumeris) in general will accept what's most convenient for him, even if it doesn't do him any good. If the architecture of the iPad is appealing to him and the price increase of the average eBook won't matter, he'll pay the extra dollar and enjoy what he got.
It's easy to say "vote with your wallet". But a large number of consumers mostly read bestselling authors. And they've got ongoing contracts with the big publishers. So you either accept their policy or - and this won't happen - look around for lesser known authors whose work is either self-published or published by smaller, lesser known companies.
I'm not in favor of either Amazon or Apple or MacMillan. I'm only in favor of an open, free market which keeps the benefit for the consumer in mind. And not that of the stockholders.
And I'm afraid of worms, too. But only if they disguise as humans.