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Old 02-05-2010, 12:19 AM   #19
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The more I think about this, I wonder this is really about stopping widespread e-book adoption than it is about pricing.
It's about pricing, and control over prices.

• No one, even the alleged "dinosaurs," have any illusions that ebooks will eventually be a big part of the market.
• If Macmillan wanted to grind ebooks to a halt, they would just pull all the ebooks instead of, oh... Signing on to Apple's upcoming eBook service, which is just about the most hyped outlet of ebooks in months.


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Today she gave it back and said that she's decided to hold off because of the book pricing dilemma.
So, you know one person who's going to wait a bit until things get sorted out. Is this supposed to be meaningful somehow?
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