e-Books? Never mind, books are back.
Dear SIGCISers, Promising signs for the future of the book: http://fortune.com/2015/09/23/e-books-digital-publishing/ Regards. Bill
On 9/24/15 10:11 AM, McMillan, William W wrote:
Promising signs for the future of the book:
Nope, simple supply and demand. Amazon set the price of digital books higher than the market will tolerate. A product with essentially zero production costs can sustain significant price reductions and that shoe hasn't dropped yet.
We'll see eventually, but when you pair that with the news that vinyl is now seeing a comeback that is making people think about opening new pressing shops, maybe it's at least partly that people are tired of renting their amusement. Pat Galloway UT-Austin On 9/24/2015 2:10 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/24/15 10:11 AM, McMillan, William W wrote:
Promising signs for the future of the book:
Nope, simple supply and demand.
Amazon set the price of digital books higher than the market will tolerate. A product with essentially zero production costs can sustain significant price reductions and that shoe hasn't dropped yet.
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