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crewpsu · 02-04-2010, 05:05 PM

Well just spent an hour or so reading through all 17 pages of this post. I'd like to ask what makes people think that Macmillan or any other publisher in the big 6, wants to see ebooks succeed? There is a whole infrastructure out there based on paper books, libraries, brick and mortar book stores, mom and pop book stores, book tours, etc. that each of the big 6 publishers is heavily invested in. I purchased a Kindle mainly due to the fact Amazon had the best prices around on ebooks. I can not see paying as much for an electronic copy of a book (or anything for that mater) when for the same price I can purchase a physical copy of that book. If ebook prices go up to what a hard back book costs, or even a paperback, I believe that would crush the ebook market.

02-04-2010, 05:05 PM	#245
crewpsu Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: non currently	Well just spent an hour or so reading through all 17 pages of this post. I'd like to ask what makes people think that Macmillan or any other publisher in the big 6, wants to see ebooks succeed? There is a whole infrastructure out there based on paper books, libraries, brick and mortar book stores, mom and pop book stores, book tours, etc. that each of the big 6 publishers is heavily invested in. I purchased a Kindle mainly due to the fact Amazon had the best prices around on ebooks. I can not see paying as much for an electronic copy of a book (or anything for that mater) when for the same price I can purchase a physical copy of that book. If ebook prices go up to what a hard back book costs, or even a paperback, I believe that would crush the ebook market.