I'm wagering paper books will last a lot longer than ebooks because for one thing you don't have to worry about formats and ereaders.
I have paperbacks that are more than 10 years old. (I have paperbacks more than 50 years old, but that's a separate issue.) They're still readable.
All the ebook formats sold 10 years ago are obsolete now. The only stuff that's still around is public domain (txt & html formats) and user-produced content in deprecated formats (.lit, .imp, .pdb).
I really truly don't buy the "it takes just as much time/money to put out an ebook as it does a paper copy" song
It does... if you're doing *one or the other.* If you're doing both, the *extra* time to produce the ebook is a lot less than producing a paper book from scratch.
If it costs exactly the same, why are the ebooks in shittier shape?
Didn't you catch her answer, buried in the comments? Publishers make ebook prices high in order to sell more paperbacks. They don't *want* ebook sales, so of course quality is low and prices are high.
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I have paperbacks that are more than 10 years old. (I have paperbacks more than 50 years old, but that's a separate issue.) They're still readable.
All the ebook formats sold 10 years ago are obsolete now. The only stuff that's still around is public domain (txt & html formats) and user-produced content in deprecated formats (.lit, .imp, .pdb).
I really truly don't buy the "it takes just as much time/money to put out an ebook as it does a paper copy" song
It does... if you're doing *one or the other.* If you're doing both, the *extra* time to produce the ebook is a lot less than producing a paper book from scratch.
If it costs exactly the same, why are the ebooks in shittier shape?
Didn't you catch her answer, buried in the comments? Publishers make ebook prices high in order to sell more paperbacks. They don't *want* ebook sales, so of course quality is low and prices are high.