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Originally posted by pod
I don't see how books are overpriced. $6-8 is hardly overpriced for a paperback providing hours, or even days, of entertainment.
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well, value is a relative concept...but I agree with you - books seem like a good deal to me, too (although it's funny - I'm a voracious reader, but I rarely ever buy books coz I'm a big fan of the library).
...the publishing industry doesn't get much press here in the digital revolution, but it has very much the same genetic makeup as it's evil step-sister, the recording industry. Same blockbuster mentality prevails (something like 8 authors are responsible for some 60% percent of all book sales), same tightly controlled access to distribution channels. They are just as vulnerable as the recording industry to technological upheaval...if and when e-book readers ever take off.