Shazkin:Ebooks may be eighty per cent of the book market in a few years - Page 2

elcreative · 09-27-2011, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by stonetools

Indeed, who foresaw Borders' bankruptcy?

Anybody who knew anything about book retailers, read the business sections occasionally, saw them sell off their UK operation (which went bankrupt shortly after)... most of us were surprised they managed to hang on as long as they did...

speakingtohe · 09-27-2011, 10:00 PM

I think the time is coming, and may have come already when publishers will stop publishing pbooks unless they are sure of big sales. They will test the waters with an ebook version first.

And of course self-published ebooks are much cheaper to publish and didtribute than pbooks.

I don't think pbooks will die a sudden death any more than cassette tapes, film cameras, typewriters etc.

There just won't be as many under the Christmas tree.

Helen

carld · 09-27-2011, 10:47 PM

I was at a writer's chat a couple of years back (I'd had my Kindle 1 for two years at this point) and the question came up if ebooks would ever replace 'real' books. Almost everyone said "No never," "No, I love the feel, look, and/or smell of real books." I said "Yes, within 5 years the majority of fiction sales will be digital. Ebooks just make too much sense." They didn't like that much, but if anything I was conservative.

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09-27-2011, 10:00 PM	#17
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	I think the time is coming, and may have come already when publishers will stop publishing pbooks unless they are sure of big sales. They will test the waters with an ebook version first. And of course self-published ebooks are much cheaper to publish and didtribute than pbooks. I don't think pbooks will die a sudden death any more than cassette tapes, film cameras, typewriters etc. There just won't be as many under the Christmas tree. Helen

09-27-2011, 10:47 PM	#18
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I was at a writer's chat a couple of years back (I'd had my Kindle 1 for two years at this point) and the question came up if ebooks would ever replace 'real' books. Almost everyone said "No never," "No, I love the feel, look, and/or smell of real books." I said "Yes, within 5 years the majority of fiction sales will be digital. Ebooks just make too much sense." They didn't like that much, but if anything I was conservative.

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