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Disconfirming Ebooks
- dvfjsdhgfv 11y agoIt may be much simpler than that. It may be that e-book adoption, like almost all emerging technologies, follows the classic Hype Cycle - we're just past the peak.
- hga 11y agoPerhaps, but as the author noted in his followup, linked at the top, he didn't bother to vet the NYT article before pontificating on its points, which we know to be bogus unless you believe books == the big 5 publishers and the smaller ones who follow their lead.
- nyokodo 11y agoThis article makes the same fundamental mistake that the NY Times article did that it refers to. It ignores the rise of self publishing and bases everything off the AAP. Author Earnings has some other things to say, with data: http://authorearnings.com/report/september-2015-author-earnings-report/ http://authorearnings.com/report/september-2015-author-earni...