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Other's Prediction · Internet will replace physical books

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Author's Prediction · Physical books will not be replaced; instead will be printed on demand at point of sale

This could also be the author's main point. Will read rest of passage with this hypothesis in mind.

Prediction · Reduces costs

Printing on demand means no need for physical inventory which also reduces shipping and display costs.

Prediction · Will challenge traditional publishing

Because of superior economics and convenience for customers.

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Prediction · Authors (of the books) will have larger profit share

This would be a consequence of eliminating the costs mentioned in the previous paragraph.

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Prediction · Traditional publishing houses will miss this opportunity

Start up digital publishing firms will capture this opportunity. Traditional publishing will have to adjust.

Generalization · This pattern is common when a new economic model displaces an old on

Passage Style

Single position

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Question Type

Meaning in context (of word, phrase, or idea)

Structure

The author refers to the expenses listed at the beginning of P2: warehousing, shipping books to wholesalers and stores, displaying physical books in retail stores, and returning unsold books to publishers.

the fees collected ██ ████████ ██████ ████ █████ ███████

This isn’t a description of the expenses associated with traditional book publishing and sales.

the price paid ██ ████ █████ ███████ ███ █████

This isn’t what the author refers to, because the author still believes books will be printed.

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the royalties paid ██ ███████ ██ █████ ██████████

This isn’t a description of the expenses associated with traditional book publishing and sales.

the costs specific ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ███████████ ███████ █████

This best captures the expenses that will no longer exist under the digital publishing model, as listed at the beginning of P2.

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the total sales ██ █ ████ █████ ███ █████ ██ █████ █████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████████

Although the author mentions the cost of returning unsold books as one of the expenses of retail publishing, it’s just one expense. It would make sense for this phrase to refer to just one of the expenses listed by the author.

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