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Will file sharing etc. become as big a problem for the book industry as it became for the music industry? Howo are writers going to earn their income in the fu

• njharman 18y ago
  It's been a non-problem for the book industry long before it became a non-problem for the music industry. Books were first because they are small enough to schlep around the internet back in the days of modems. Few noticed because few read books relative to # that listen to music. And music industry lobbyists are legion.
• TweedHeads 18y ago
  99cts books, sell a million and you're done. As long as they try to sell ebooks for $20 or $50 they will fail miserably. iTunes is about the right spot between price and convenience. Make it expensive and I'll pirate it. Make it affordable and put it at my fingertips and I'll pay for it to avoid the hassle of viruses or bad copies wasting my time.
  • electromagnetic 18y ago
    Everyone knows the value of $1, however I don't think we see a song on iTunes as having a cost because it's less than a dollar.
• unalone 18y ago
  I download a lot of books for free. It doesn't compare to the feeling of physically owning a book. I couldn't ever trade a physical book for an electronic version. A lot of people agree. I still see sales of my book going through, despite the fact that it's available for free on Scribd and for download as a PDF.