The Guardian/Edinburgh Book Festival debate about the future of books (in the age of Kindle) garnered over 200 posts on the Guardian website- thanks mainly to an excellent and provocative piece byEwan Morrison. One big question left hanging is how much can authors charge for an eBook? Most authors are too busy to think about “pricingContinue reading “How much can authors charge for eBooks? #edbookfest”
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eBooks and the future of publishing #edbookfest
Excellent debate in The Guardian kicked off at the Edinburgh book fair. Here is my two penny worth The race to the bottom-it will happen in the mass market Simple print only E- Books are going to be almost infinitely available very cheap through official platforms (eg Amazon) or free through piracy. Difficult to seeContinue reading “eBooks and the future of publishing #edbookfest”
How amazon might revolutionise publishing
On the face of it the world of publishing is about to be blown apart by Kindle and other readers. The reasons are economics and scale. First Economics As my correspondent Prof Glyn Morgan of the Political Science Department in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University reports “Amazon is offering 70 per cent royalties to anyone willingContinue reading “How amazon might revolutionise publishing”
Children’s book sales are up perhaps the internet is not rewiring our minds after all
Last year a new book- the Shallows by Nicholas Carr- suggested that the internet and new devices are “rewiring” of our brains and creating a new generation with the attention span of a knat- unable to concentrate without clicking away to something else. Certainly you have to get to the point quicker these days ( mostContinue reading “Children’s book sales are up perhaps the internet is not rewiring our minds after all”
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