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Originally Posted by stustaff
Ah I see what you mean, yeh fair point. Lucky publisher I guess 
i think the publishers need to do whatever they can to build their reserves, as has been pointed out i think soon the Author-Editor-Agent-Retailer model may leave them struggling. |
What a shame... like the rest of the world, they will have to reshape their business model to fit the new reality. It kills me that they are proposing that an ebook file which is locked down with DRM has value even close to the printed work. Eventually free market will bring ebook prices down while the quality of what we have to choose from will rise.
IMHO a newly released novel with DRM is worth (to me) about 1/4 of the hardback price. But that same file is probably worth 1/3 to 1/2 of the value once in paperback. Without DRM the file is now portable, enabling it to be read when I get a new device from a different manufacturer. Now it is coming closer to the value of the original works less the printing and distribution costs.
I used to purchase 24-50 books a year. Now I have purchased maybe 3 or 4 in the past year. The remainder of my reading has come from my public library. For now I will continue to utilize my public library for ebooks until I can purchase open portable files at a reasonable cost. I am patient and will wait...