Thread: "Publish or Perish" -- New Yorker on the ebook biz
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Old 04-21-2010, 04:30 AM   #17
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Wow. Reading that article was a real eye opener for me. As I read I started composing my post here but when I got to the end and it said that Apple has only agreed to the agency model for a year I decided not to waste my time on the post. All Steve Jobs is trying to do with the Agency Model is buy time and level the playing field while he makes iBooks in to the next iTunes and sells as many iPads as possible. Next year the Agency Model will be dead, Apple will have a foothold on ebooks and they will start selling for whatever they deem reasonable. I wouldn't be surprised if it was $9.99. In the meantime I'll be buying books from less known authors at prices I deem reasonable.
Apple coming to save us from high prices? Dream on. They are the ones that brought this upon us. And don't forget, while he is selling a lot of iPads, the question is, how many books is he selling.
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