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Originally Posted by zacheryjensen
What remains to be seen is how the market acts, and we've got years before it will be apparent. If digital music is taken as even a vague indicator of what to expect with eBooks, I'd guess we have about another 5 years before the eBook market is competitive with paper books, and perhaps even longer (I guess it depends on how many elderly luddites exit that market right?) so discussions like this one are kind of a pointless exercise in flame-baiting, don't you think?
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I'm kinda hoping the digital music story plays out again, just a bit quicker
2003: Apple sets most music at one easy to remember price (0.99) with DRM.
2009: Apple moves to a 3-tiered pricing strategy (0.69,0.99,1.29), with no DRM.
2007: Amazon sets most books at one easy to remember price ($9.99) with DRM.
2010: Amazon moves to ?