Amazon charged $29.95 for the digital version of Confessions of a Butcher when the paperback cost only $11.95. After an outdry -- including a posting by the author's wife -- Amazon reduced the ebook price to $10.76
This is article is worth looking at because it is a counterpoint to claims about younger generations being hyper-technical. This author cites Jeff Gomez's book Print is Dead and asks us to re-examine our assumptions about people's abilities and access to high-tech resources. It also warns us against adapting systems too quickly to this 'one-size-fits-all' digital system that might not meet the needs of a group because the group may be more diverse than we think.
Sony says it is cutting the price on its entry-level e-book reader, dubbed the Pocket Reader, to $169 -- perhaps the first in a coming price war for the devices.
Would you want to read a book or newspaper on a cellphone screen? On Tuesday, Hearst e-reading company Skiff announced that it signed a deal with Samsung's mobile phone division to become its "preferred e-reading service partner."
1 Letter to Series Authors Actively Writing For Harlequin The landscape of digital publishing continues to evolve at a fast pace and Harlequin is at the forefront of this evolution. In 2007 Harlequin was the first publisher to simultaneously publish print and digital editions of our entire frontlist.
Amazon announces that 11,000 libraries are now set for loaning Kindle e-books to patrons. How much of library budgets will go to support a reading format that only the relatively well-off can use?
This post was originally published on the Frankfurt Bookfair blog on 11th August. Reposted here with kind permission from its author, Huw Alexander, Rights & Digital Sales Manager for SAGE in London. EveryThink: What do you think, Huw Alexander? We think that e-books are a playground for publishers - and not a necessary evil.