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Originally Posted by PKFFW
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If they go to the trouble of producing an ebook, as minimal as that would be, I really don't see them then selling it for a single day and then discontinuing the sale of the book as some sort of plot to ensure the book remains generally unavailable but also still under copyright.
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Cheers,
PKFFW
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I'm not saying that they are "plotting" to keep them off the market. I am saying that they
MUST protect company assets.
I am also saying that they dont see enough of a profit to bother with.
So if they could make a profit on these old books why wouldn't they? Lets try this one:
Big city left with no bookstore
"Barnes & Noble says it closed the Laredo store as part of an overall strategy to shut down the chain of mall-based bookstores.
Even though the Laredo store was profitable..."
Back to the old, out of print books. I am saying that the officers of a company
are required to protect company assets.
Like Barnes & Noble says:
"Barnes & Noble says it closed the Laredo store as part of an overall strategy to shut down the chain of mall-based bookstores. Even though the Laredo store was profitable, the overall chain was losing money, according to company officials."
Lets see. It makes money, but we'll close it anyway.
My view is that any book that hasn’t been published in the last 20 years should be public domain. I would like it to be 10 years, but that will never happen.