Comments on: More on digital publishing http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14737 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:31:10 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14737 童裝批發

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]]> By: Anica Lewis http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14734 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:59:27 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14734 I like the idea of a hardback/e-book combo! I'm a little surprised publishers haven't thought of it.

I tend to buy hardbacks only when one of my very favorite authors puts one out, but I don't own an e-reader, so I don't buy e-books at all. At some point, I will probably get an e-reader – they seem very convenient for traveling – and I will want copies of all my favorite books on it, even though I already own the physical versions.

Just a side note: I think it's funny how people are so sure that my generation – I'm twenty-two – will be all about electronic media. I love paper books. Heck, I like paper magazines a lot more than e-zines. I read a lot on my laptop, but I'm not all that excited about reading on a tiny screen like that of a Kindle. But then, that's part of the reason I never got into texting, and I do seem to be in the minority there for my age group.

]]> By: tony etienne http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14731 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:25:33 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14731 I will have to chime in and say that I also don't understand why publishers and agents are buying into the 'lost sales' theory of delayed ebook publishing. I think Kassia Krozser has it right in her article that you linked — for the most part, people who are going to buy the paper version are going to buy the paper version, and people who are going to buy the ebook are going to buy the ebook. Not having the ebook available at the same time is only going to lose sales and customers.

As for myself, I like having physical books around my house. However, I also have a Kindle which I love dearly, and this time lag between print and digital books makes me wonder: why are publishers making me choose between the digital and physical copies in the first place? If I buy a physical book, I'm missing out on the reason that I bought my Kindle. If I buy the ebook, I'm losing out on having a physical copy that I can put on a shelf with other well-loved tomes, and even lend out to friends. Why can't I pay a little more for a physical book that comes with an ebook version of the same? If a hardback volume is $25 on the day it goes onto store shelves, I would gladly pay $30 or so for a hardback version that comes with an ebook I can put on my Kindle. The publisher can be happy: I've given more money than I would have normally. I'm happy: I am no longer forced to choose my content format.

Just a thought.

]]> By: Sara W.E. http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14730 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:24:51 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14730 So… a question rather than a comment. Is there any language being used in contracts right now about what happens with e-book rights if your book goes out of print? I was thinking how great it would be if the author got a say in how this would be handled. I could even imagine offering the e-book for free if the physical book is out of print. You wouldn't be making much money on the out of print book anyway and a free e-book might attract the attention of new readers.

]]> By: The Decreed http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14729 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:47:13 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14729 It's crazy how much this is being talked about. Agents all over the blogosphere are jabbering away at it. As small as the market it for ebooks right now, that seems to me to be some kind of indicator. If the people in charge are worried, then somebody is feeling the full moon coming, when the medium transforms into the ebook business.

It seems counterintuitive, then, that the publishers are trying to "fight off" the ebook. Now seems like a good time to sport it.

]]> By: Gwen Hayes http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14726 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:11:53 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14726 Yes…they spend the time doing it and then give it away. They're really sticking it to the man, I guess. If you think the man is an author who has to work a full time job just like everyone else and then sacrifices all their free time to write books.

]]> By: DGLM http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14725 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:58:58 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14725 Gwen – I agree. Most of my author's books that I see pirated are scanned.

My question is, who wants to spend the time doing that?!

– M.

]]> By: Martha Brockenbrough http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14724 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:15:07 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14724 I agree! I buy TONS of hardbacks. But I have a Kindle, too, which is great for travel and for reducing the size of my personal book collection–a constant struggle even with regular visits to my public library. Some books, I really only need on the Kindle–books I want to annotate, books I will never get signed, books that aren't particularly beautifully printed (like, say, Arthur A. Levine books).

It is REALLY frustrating when I can't get it on a Kindle, and one of the things that drives me to my library, instead.

]]> By: Gwen Hayes http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14723 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:59:26 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14723 I can see both sides–but I balk at spending $26 on an ebook. Of course, I never bought hardcovers before I had an ebook reader anyway. I guess I just need to learn patience.

I will say that the year wait encourages piracy for some. I know some in NY like to think epirates only pillage ebooks not protected with fancy DRM–but many just scan the paper book and go. Are they going to come up with a DRM ink next?

]]> By: DGLM http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/comment-page-1/#comment-14722 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:56:49 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/07/more-on-digital-publishing/#comment-14722 One quick addendum — do make sure to read the comments at Digitalist! All anti-DRM, but from some heavy-hitters.

– Michael

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