"You end up with the option of buying a paperback for $11 or buying a $300 e-book device. . . And there's not a lot of choice. You end up with titles where the copyright's gone. So people can keep The Iliad and The Odyssey on an e-book. Well, that may not be what they're looking to read first." - The president and chief executive of the Association of American Publishers, Patricia Schroeder, remains to be convinced that there is a future for e-books.
News monitor column compiled by Conor Pope, Computimes Editor.
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