Via Teleread, By Chris Meadows We’ve all heard the argument that e-books should be cheaper because they don’t have printing, shipping, and warehousing costs. Blogger Deanna McFadden, who works in digital publishing, takes exception to writer Michael Chabon’s recent statement that it’s unfair publishers should get the same royalty as paper books for “an e-book that costs them nothing to produce.” McFadden attributes this sort of… (more…)
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The Rise of E-Reading
As the number of Americans that own tablet computers and e-book reading devices has increased, so has the percentage of adults who report that they have read an e-book in the past year. In a February survey, 21% of adults said they had read a e-book in the last year, compared to 17% who reported doing so in December. This… (more…)
How DRM weakens publishers’ negotiating leverage with retailers
This post originally appeared on BoingBoing - By Cory Doctorow at 7:23 am Monday, Apr 2 My latest Publishers Weekly column is “A Whip to Beat Us With,” which describes how publishers who allow retailers to add DRM to their products hand those retailers a commercial advantage to exercise over the publishers themselves. Jim C. Hines’s e-books are marketed both through a big publisher and… (more…)
The Devil’s Diary
Dear reader, It is done. The Devil’s Diary is now officially available through several channels: The Devil’s Diary - Experience a month in the life of the devil, and see that it is not all brimstone and roses. (Note: this book is not for the religiously faint of heart!) E-book available at Smashwords (many formats), and all Amazon stores (Kindle only).
Are ebook sales reaching a plateau?
Via: TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics, by a TeleRead Contributor From Dead Tree Edition: When the U.S. magazine industry gets hot and bothered about the latest craze, you can usually bet that trend is about to run out of steam. E-books were the talk of many magazine people at this week’s Publishing Business Conference in New York, my… (more…)
Do eBooks Make It Harder to Recall What You Just Read? Answer: No
By Nate Hoffelder from The Digital Reader: I’m rather busy with a conference right now, but there’s an article that was posted today that has me pissed. I have to respond to it. Time has an article on their website today which asks the question “Do eBooks Make It Harder to Recall What You Just Read?” I received a Kindle for my birthday,… (more…)
Kobo CEO: tablets are for casual ebook readers
From Shelf Awareness: There is a significant difference in usage patterns between owners of dedicated e-readers and tablets, Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis said during a panel held at the Financial Times Digital Media Conference in London last week, as reported by TabTimes. “The people buying these devices (e-readers) are reading more frequently than those with tablets,” Serbinis observed. “They read for longer sessions and are more… (more…)
How green are e-books?
Dear reader, On another website (www.the9billion.com) I found this image, which is quite an eye-opener with respect to the cost and energy needed to make paper books compared to e-books. Have a look at it and be surprised. (It’s behind the cut, to spare the readers who are on RSS feeds etc.)
10% of English book sales in Canada are now in digital format
by Paul Biba: From a post in The Distant Librarian which discusses the new Canadian National Reading Campaign report: In a nutshell, the NRC now has data from a week in Jan 2011, and a week in Jan 2012, so they’re able to give us some information about book sales AND book circulations from Public Libraries in Canada, including both hard and e-copy. Some of… (more…)
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