Quote:
Originally Posted by bwaldron
They don't. Well -- they'd be happy for them to succeed at hardback prices, sure. 
|
Publishers want ebooks to succeed, they absolutely hate the current returns system.
However, the industry runs on very thin margins, which means there isn't a lot of room for taking risks. Amazon has much higher profit margins, especially thanks to the Amazon marketplace, and so they can afford to take more risks.