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Bob - one of the persons I interviewed at the publishers houses said that the pricing was set without regard for the format. I.e., that they view e forms of books simply another format such as a trade, mass market or hardcover and don't want to reduce the value of the book simply because it is in eform.
I don't think that we can say the publishers want the eform to fail. I think your statements would more correctly apply to authors. Publishers want to make money and their margins would grow tremendously if ebooks were more widely adopted. Further, I can't see the houses making such tremendous financial investment if they wanted ebooks to fail.
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