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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
I don't think that publishers are more likely to publish ebooks if, as has been suggested, they're turned into multimedia software packages that require elaborate hardware, such as tablet computers, than they are when all they need to do is turn some text into an epub file and buyers can read it on all sorts of devices. If they're not doing it now when the effort required is so low -- something the office summer intern could do -- why would they want to spend the hundreds of thousands of dollars required to create something like that DK program?
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No need to turn them into multimedia books.
What will get more publishers putting out more ebooks is seeing an increase in the number of people buying e-books and the number of e-books being sold. This will also increase competition and put pressure on keeping prices down, getting rid of DRM etc. as more e-book stores pop up.
Tablets are one way to expand the e-book market beyond hardcore bookworms, and that's good news for these avid readers.