Comments on: eBooks and the crisis of value in the publishing industry https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/ebooks-and-the-crisis-of-value-in-the-publishing-industry/2009/05/12 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Tue, 12 May 2009 10:21:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Jake Olvido https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/ebooks-and-the-crisis-of-value-in-the-publishing-industry/2009/05/12/comment-page-1#comment-414692 Tue, 12 May 2009 10:21:55 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=2960#comment-414692 The development costs and marketing aspects of ebooks as electronic media will have to be outsourced for publishers to remain competitive. For purposes of discussion, I submit that the existing industry practice is not anymore viable because it is made on the business expectation of a constant consumer demand that is now experiencing a paradigm shift. I suggest, therefore, that the publishing industry should evolve with a new business model in order to publish ebooks in a more cost efficient manner.

Regarding the issue of income generation dilemma, this will be effectively addressed by selectively publishing and developing quality ebooks. If the ebook is produced with quality and marketed well, sales income will be more promising.

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