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And perhaps not.
A lot depends upon the cost structure, including royalty levels. The issue is thus far built on a foundation of shifting sand and how it plays out remains to be seen. But let's face it: how many successful e-books can you name that are not the outgrowth of a print version? I can't think of many (or any). There might be a few, but if so they were special deals driven by a big name like [fill in the blank]. What about the rest of the author universe?
How many publishers can do that for an e-book that retails for the cost of a trade paperback (or less?) Not many, I fear.
--tps
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There are a number of successful e-only romance publishers out there -- Samhain and Ellora's Cave are two off the top of my head.
They seem to manage it somehow...
It's ALL about money derived from sales. E-books ARE the future as a 'data delivery system.'
By comparison, the book is looked at as tried and true format being usurped by technology.
The bottom line is creating texts people will PAY to read when so much is available for free.
Ainda!
Ted, I agree w/ a lot of what you say. Good history books require exacting original research, good maps and photos. That is before the edit and book design. This all takes $$$. Difficult to find a publisher or author to do that if the return is small. Maybe its possible w/ e-romance as previous poster mentioned but quality history and e-romance are two different birds.
It's funny how people bandy about the term "obsolescence" so much these days in regards to print books. They seem to forget one salient fact: a print book can be used by simply opening the cover and turning the pages. An electronic book is dependent on the technology that makes it run, and THAT technology, however advanced it may be, WILL one day become obsolescent.
This is the problem that a lot of modern archivists are running into. What do you do when certain historical information unavailable anywhere else comes to you...but it comes on a 3 1/2" floppy? Unless you know someone who has an old computer, odds are you're never going to get that information.
I wonder if the Kindle people have ever considered this question, or if they blithely assume that time will always grant them the luxury of transferring their destined-to-be-outdated data onto the next system, whatever it might be. History, ironically, gives little comfort to that delusion.
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