tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534000766115116120.post3181338065550279346..comments2024-02-23T04:11:30.367-05:00Comments on Combreviations: Delaying e-books for fun and profitLaura C. Ombreviationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079133569258549461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534000766115116120.post-42833348335261983442009-12-15T15:13:44.851-05:002009-12-15T15:13:44.851-05:00Last time I looked WalMart, Target, Sears, and Ama...Last time I looked WalMart, Target, Sears, and Amazon were selling certain hardcovers for $9.99. Will the publishers withhold their new hardcovers from those vendors?<br />I don't understand the fear of Amazon. All ready Barnes and Noble has joined the e-book fun and next year looks like many others, including Apple, will start selling their own e-reader devices. How will Amazon control the price then?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534000766115116120.post-17262483128516659012009-12-15T13:49:38.221-05:002009-12-15T13:49:38.221-05:00I don't like being denied immediate access to ...<i>I don't like being denied immediate access to an e-version of a book</i><br /><br />It's okay. The pirates are on it as we speak. They got your back. How do I know? Because I can watch a full-length feature film before it's released in the theater, let alone released on DVD, without spending half a cent...not saying I do that, but I could if I so desired. Pirates just have our best interests at heart. Money shouldn't be an issue for any of us. Money is the devil...I'm sure that's a direct quote from the Bible...Spartacus 24:7. Look it up.<br /><br />In 25 years (because no matter what year it is, 25 is always the magic number), when we're all living solely through the internet (perhaps even eating off the screens and pissing on the keyboard...but really, who needs food and toilets anyway?), we will wonder why we were so worked up about it.<br /><br />Tell me a story, Grandma! (Yes, we will all be grandparents within 25 years, too, so just accept it) There were these things called books, and they were made out of an ancient substance called paper...Lydia Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328254761920829040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4534000766115116120.post-72774226215270213122009-12-15T13:20:08.904-05:002009-12-15T13:20:08.904-05:00I am staunchly in the free range eBook camp. Publi...I am staunchly in the free range eBook camp. Publishers view eBooks in the paperback model but this is not how digital readers see them. They don't prefer digital because it is cheaper...they prefer the <i>format</i>. The paperback model worked all these years because the majority of customers preferred hardback. <br /><br />Since publishers currently make similar profit on HB and eBook versions the "reducing choices due to reduced profit" argument doesn't wash unless by releasing the eBook at the same time they lost net sales, which wouldn't happen just because the consumer had a choice. 100 books clearing the same profit is the same, regardless of the distribution of HB to digital.<br /><br />If they are scared of the $9.99 price point that is a different matter altogether and they need to address it. Dynamic pricing, legal action against Amazon, whatever.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120847492230531939noreply@blogger.com