How much longer does the traditional publishing model have? So far publishers who have entered the e-book market have done so with at least one eye on protecting their physical sales. So we get ebook prices as high as hardback books.
Despite that physical sales continue to drop. If something doesn’t change it just isn’t going to be worth it for a mid-list author to sign a contract with a publisher. They would be better hiring and editor and publishing direct.
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I see a future where mostly digital editions and hardcover editions of books are sold. Cheap digital editions for good e-book readers would dominate the market of course, and there would exist demand for hardcovers as the people who are buying the physical books would want it for collections and not just for a single read (as that is what e-books would be for). In fact, I imagine that you would get small discounts in the hardcovers if you already purchased the digital editions.
I may be anomalous but since retiring on a fixed income I read almost exclusively what I get from the library. In fact larger print is a luxury I can stand.
Libraries are getting into lending ebooks too now and one of the plusses of something like a Kindle is making the text any size you want.
That sounds good. I don’t know what I’d do without resizeable pdf files. I never thought to try anything like kindle because of the presumed poorer quality of print.
They really are out of touch with reality. There’s a series I had been buying in paperback and enjoying, though the steam was starting to run out. When I got my kindle, the newest title was available at about paperback pricing; I think it may have been the first book in the series to get a hardcover print. Unfortunately, it was by far the weakest book in the series and the ebook version had many technical flaws such as random extra spaces, and every letter Q in the book was capitalized. The newest book in the series they want $13 – 15 for (I can’t remember). The preview chapter was good but … I’m not paying that much for it. I’m just doing without. There is plenty of other material available at a better price for me.