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Originally Posted by GhostHawk
Elfwreck I almost always agree with your posts, but not this time sir.
"Not so much a failed model, I think (although it's got some serious problems) as one that doesn't apply to a new market."
True, yet can you truly say that a model that plans on 60% of all physical product being produced will be destroyed, remaindered, stripped, or dumped as not being failed?
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Fix the model, cut the costs, reduce the price, sell more units.
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It brought publishers and bookstore owners money and readers books, and all parties involved were/are continuing that business. It was/is horrifically wasteful, and could be more profitable for publishers *and* cheaper for readers by cutting out some of that waste--but it's working as it is, and apparently well enough that, until fairly recently, there's been no serious examination on how to change it.
I'm glad the digital world is changing the way it's being considered--instant communication and PoD options can make big changes in print run sizes. But the current method isn't failing because improvements are possible.