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Originally Posted by Sylver
Downloads of ebook definitely kill paper back sales and I cannot think why it would not - is the whole point of inventing "ebook" to replace casual paperbacks and save trees?
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Maybe in future years. Ebook sales are not yet high enough to account for a significant dropoff in paperback sales (generally speaking). A few percent, at most. But not 50-70%. Free downloads, on the other hand, can run into much larger numbers.
Mind you, I don't
think the free downloads are the cause of the problem I'm describing. But I also think they did not have the boosting effect I was hoping for.
Except for my backlist, for which I am grateful.