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| Money Talks, BS Walks... Time to ante up... |
You get all pissy in the digital age just because you think you'll lose millions of dollars in revenue if you sell an ebook to a library. The publishing world is evolving and you're trying to fight the change. So print is slowly losing ground to digital format, it's all new to you, but take a note from the music industry. They've made the physical to digital transition and they haven't gone bust. I remember when CD's used to sell for over $19.99 and singles used to cost $4.99. Now single songs cost .99, let's be honest, CD-buyers were screwed over because most of the songs on a full-length CD were crap anyways.
So you think a fair compromise would be to give libraries copies limited to 26 loan periods. I have seen copies of books that have checked out over 125 times that are in still excellent condition. The other option is to pay over 100% the physical book price for the ebook one. Who was the genius who made that decision?
I find it hard to believe that digital editions carry the same manufacturing costs as print. If they really do, then you're doing something wrong. You know libraries across the country have been battling budget cuts for several years now, but yet you insist on strangling every dollar out of them. Have you ever considered that libraries would purchase MORE digital copies if prices were reasonable? And selling more copies at a lower price could help the bottom line better than selling a lot fewer at a hyper-inflated price.
I'm just saying, you can't keep doing this forever. Something's gotta give and you act like you don't really need or care for libraries' business. I can't wait til more authors and independent publishers step up. See what happens when the paradigm shift comes and libraries turn their backs on you.
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