There is even an O’Reilly support thread about the issue.Īnd we are looking into ways for our resellers to support unit sales of PDFs. I suspect that the rapid growth in the subscription business was largely due to corporate site subscriptions - where corporations simply look at it as a (fully) tax-deductible expense. Now, don’t get me wrong, we believe in books, and the effectiveness of text as a tool for sharing knowledge, but the business model that had given us such a great start three decades ago has changed deeply. It also required us to choose whether to direct incoming customers to the declining e-commerce business to buy standalone units, or to our growing subscription business.Īs the slowdown accelerated, the contrast between the rapid growth of the subscription business and the interest in learning in new ways became ever more striking. It required a dedicated investment in e-commerce software, staff, marketing, and so on. Running as a distribution platform was effective, but also costly. Well - it looks like they’ve made up their mind - in a way that makes it difficult for the readership to change it.īut starting a few years ago, ebook sales too started to flatten, and then to fall. I think they just put a nail in their own coffin
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