http://www.teleread.org/2006/05/15/higher-oil-prices-good-for-bad-for-e-books/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.teleread.org/2006/05/15/higher-oil-prices-good-for-bad-for-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-58111 Mable Thu, 18 May 2006 07:52:21 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4856#comment-58111 Absolutely right slick! The prices of most commodities are increasing day by day. And next is queue is the Oil. Think from the middle income group's pt of view. If the oil prices ll rise, the economy is going to fall sureshot. Absolutely right slick! The prices of most commodities are increasing day by day. And next is queue is the Oil. Think from the middle income group’s pt of view. If the oil prices ll rise, the economy is going to fall sureshot.

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2006/05/15/higher-oil-prices-good-for-bad-for-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-57943 Robotech_Master Mon, 15 May 2006 20:21:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4856#comment-57943 I'm gonna go with "bad"—because, as the prices of everything else goes up, ebook prices will too. The ebook people have overhead costs—electricity, rent, and so on—and somewhere in the chain of suppliers, gas/oil prices going up affects everybody else downstream. That's what causes inflation. I’m gonna go with “bad”—because, as the prices of everything else goes up, ebook prices will too. The ebook people have overhead costs—electricity, rent, and so on—and somewhere in the chain of suppliers, gas/oil prices going up affects everybody else downstream. That’s what causes inflation.

]]> http://www.teleread.org/2006/05/15/higher-oil-prices-good-for-bad-for-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-57931 slick Mon, 15 May 2006 15:51:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4856#comment-57931 Well in economic terms, it will be bad because of the opportunity costs. If gas prices weren't high, more money could be spent on other things. Well in economic terms, it will be bad because of the opportunity costs. If gas prices weren’t high, more money could be spent on other things.

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