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Originally Posted by bookwerm
... Why should they be obliged to release ebooks the same date as hbooks?
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They are not "obliged" to do anything. They can refuse to do ebooks, if they want to.
The fact is, that as significantly better hardware comes to market, probably within a year or two, ebooks will become more sophisticated and will take a much larger share of the market. Pbooks will eventually become niche items - probably sooner than many expect. Just like typewriters, faxes and film photography.
A little tweaking of the model will not suffice, because it's a whole new ball-game and the market will move on, with or without Simon & Schuster.