Publishing Industry Not Prepared for "iPod Moment"
Mac Slocum
June 6, 2008
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... in the light of consumer demand, there is actually very little [ebook] supply - then surely an "iPod for books" moment could actually be a disaster for the publishing industry, forcing keen and hungry consumers to find their electronic content from other (possibly illegal) sources - as with happened with the ipod moment for, um, music?
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