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Originally Posted by Fbone
If all printed books disappeared with just e-books available, wont the prices for e-books just increase since it will be the only option available?
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Not necessarily. If consumers can get digital files easier and cheaper, they may buy in larger quantities, and the profits for the authors/publishers can be higer than they are now (especially when the cost of printing and moving paper product is removed). Prices don't have to go up, if volume goes up.
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Originally Posted by Fbone
At the moment we have choices: hardcover, ebook, paperback, library, used bookseller, garage sales, borrowing from others, etc.
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Some of these choices can be salvaged... how many depends on what kind of effective document security can be devised.