andrel <byt### [at] gmailcom> writes:

>>> Making customers have to re-buy material because they lost access would
>>> be very poor customer service indeed.
>>
>> Obviously they're not doing this on purpose,
>
> why would the publishing bussiness act different than the music bussiness?

Because with ebooks, it's easier to self publish than it is for
musicians to do so. 

Most of the reason we needed publishers was as a means to get our books
into stores. According to a lot of people, all the marketing they do
rarely helps sales. What does help is the ability to get bookstores to
put your book in an accessible place. This whole ebooks thing is
changing that.

The other benefit of publishers is editing, etc.

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