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To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (16138)1/24/2000 9:41:00 AM
From: DownSouth  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 54805
 
Mike, the text book publishers may lvoe the e-books concept. The business model will have several advantages to the bottom line:

1. Text books become intellectual property, not physical inventory.
2. The time between final draft and publication of the "book" becomes days, not weeks or months.
3. The cost of printing and distribution goes practically to "0".
4. The used book market goes away. Everytime the text is sold, the publisher makes money.
5. Predicting demand to assure that just the right number of books is available at each school is no longer needed.

I see e-books as being more profitable for publishers, not less.



To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (16138)1/24/2000 11:09:00 AM
From: chaz  Respond to of 54805
 
They'd still be insanely profitable. They'd still publish new editions, students would still spend big $$$...but the publisher' costs would go down. No more paper, faster to "print"...and down the road, wireless delivery to bookstores, so no shipping expense. The e-book would, for a fee of course, be loaded with the current text, access would be secured by the student's password.

I think the only element that would suffer would be the bookstore...no more used books.


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