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Originally Posted by ficbot
I just worry that the publishers will interpret the lack of ebook sales under the new scheme to mean 'people are not interested in ebooks, period' rather than as 'our scheme to raise prices has back-fired and very interested customers are waiting for the paperback price by which point they may have borrowed from the library or a friend and it will be too late.' I want the ebook industry to grow, not shrink, and I worry that publishers will get the entirely wrong message.
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eBooks will still sell. What I'm hoping is that the publishers raising prices will see that the new higher priced eBooks are not selling and the cheaper priced eBooks are the ones selling. This way, they may realize that their plan to make more on eBooks is a failure. They should be able to see that hardcover books are dropping in sales and eBooks priced the same will also fail. So really, this will just be a stupid idea and they'll see we don't want it and won't pay.