From: Jim Freeze <jim@...>
Date: 2003-02-01T00:02:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Books -- A Question

On Friday, 31 January 2003 at 23:43:17 +0900, Sperberg, Roger wrote:
> It's not just technical books. Publishers in general are in a long decline:
> 
> http://www.techcentralstation.com/1051/techwrapper.jsp?PID=1051-250&CID=1051
> -013003B
> 
> This article is about the problems the (paper) book industry is
> currently facing, including a discussion of ebooks.
> 
> The first paragraph reads:
> 
> "Retail book publishers are in trouble. A decade ago, they could
> expect a healthy 10% profit margin selling books in bookstores. Now
> publishers' profits are less than half that, averaging around 4%.
> Their bookstore sales have also dropped in each of the past five
> years."
> 
 
 One word: Amazon

 :)

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Jim Freeze
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