Great article.
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“We may introduce a book at $14.95 for a year and then move the book to $9.99 when we would have put out the trade paperback edition,” said Dominique Raccah, chief executive of Sourcebooks, an independent publisher.
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They don't get it... Publishers have lost the monopoly of printed books, now you have alternatives to their paperbacks or hardbacks or whatever! That kind of concepts no longer makes sense...
And I'm not just talking piracy, now there are TONS of good books available legally for free or very cheap! A few years ago you had to pay for your copy of Jane Austen for example, guess what? not anymore!
And then there is the disloyal competitor... No matter personal opinons or moral judgements, piracy is a reality! It's a factor in the ecuation. And the more expensive the ebooks, the more justified people will feel to go to the darknets.