>John,
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>>Forgetting the specifics of e-books for a moment. If Whil had only made it available as a CHM file, he would have sole just has many. He could have sold it for the same amount, and would have made more money because the production costs of the book would have been eliminated.
>>The content of the book is the real value, that is what people pay for...
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>Just curious about your publisher's views about that for your upcoming project. Do you think we will see a trend of major publishing companies going electronic *instead* of printed anytime soon, or is it more likely to be the smaller companies taking the lead?
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>Perhaps EdR has some insight into this also, from his involvement in the publishing business....

I imagine the potential cost savings are pretty compelling, but a book is a fairly good anti-piracy device.