Category Archives: Paper books

When paperbacks were the publishing industry’s enemy

Via Teleread: By Dan Eldridge: From mental_floss: Half a century before e-books turned publishing upside down, a different format threatened to destroy the industry. The next time you find yourself tangled up in one of those endlessly frustrating conversations about how e-books and e-readers and the digital culture in general are threatening to destroy the publishing industry as we know it, you’d better believe you’re… (more…)


Preferred ways of reading.

Dear reader, What is your favourite medium to read from? Do you prefer books? Tablets? E-readers? Your telephone? The Daily Telegraph posted an interesting article on this topic a little while ago: Electronic readers ‘better than books’ for older people Elderly people should use e-readers or tablet computers rather than books because they place less strain on the eyes while… (more…)


Charisma the young witch – now in print

Dear reader, If you are a collector of paper books and you like children’s books, either for your own child or your inner one, you can now find Charisma’s first story in print at lulu.com. And if you go there before December 14th of this year and you check out with the code ‘felicitas’ you even get a 20% discount!


New Survey Reveals Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers

from The Digital Reader, by Nate Hoffelder A number of the major publishers dislike library ebooks because they fear that each ebook checked out is a lost sale. While this new survey data suggests there is some substance to that fear, the survey also shows that library patrons who borrow ebooks also buy them. Back in June and July of this year, OverDrive… (more…)


Savings at lulu.com

Dear reader, if you want to stock up on your printed copies of books for the quickly approaching holidays, you should make your way over to lulu.com and join Jekyll and Hyde! Big savings are there to be found, but hurry – only until the 26th of October!


New Study Shows eBooks Don’t Cannabalize Print Sales

October 11th, 2012 by Nate Hoffelder · No Comments · surveys & polls One common justification for high ebook prices is the claim that ebook sales tend to increase at the cost of sales of paper books. While that is certainly true in my case, a study which was recently released by the University of Hamburg suggests that I might be an outlier. This study,… (more…)


Steampunk books on paper

Dear reader, I bring good tidings. The 6 short stories of Lily Marin and also Bactine are now available on paper. Both of them are as of now available through my own little bookstore on Lulu.com, my spotlight. If you have been waiting for paper versions of these books: they are here!


Lulu offer – 20% off until October 5th!

Dear reader, For satisfying your paper book cravings, lulu.com now has a nice offer: So run over to http://www.lulu.com, choose your books and check out with promo code PLUMA for 20% off your purchase!


20% off sale at lulu.com

Dear reader, if you like a paper book in your hands, lulu.com now offers a discount of 20%: Note that this offer ends on September 7th!


Libraries

Dear reader, This is about libraries. Who has not spent hours and hours in libraries? Perusing the thousands of books on the shelves, exploring the many different categories and styles? I know I have done that a lot in the past, when there was no Internet, when there were no e-books (yes, I am one of those e-book fanatics). Very… (more…)


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