[FooBarWidget]

> The big publishers are very conservative, and no one wants to be the licensing person who gave away the farm to a foreign startup.

What is the risk to them? Don't they get paid no matter who they license to? Or is this about fear of cannibalizing the print business?

[BasouKazuma]

Some of it is fear of cannibalizing the traditional print and ebook business, uncertainty of newer strategies, and desire to retain control of their properties.