ebooks in Australian stores next year

paul1403 · 10-19-2009, 08:56 PM

This item was on the Sydney Morning Herald website this morning.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...1020-h5ps.html

It would be nice to know a few more details (which stores will be participating, how many titles will be available, pricing, etc.)

Paul
Canberra, Australia

pwarren · 10-20-2009, 12:24 AM

That sounds a bit lame.

I can go to a shop, give them my email address and they email me a link for the book I bought?

I'd rather have a fully online store, or get the book on a flash disk. Or just continue using international booksellers and distributors.

I'll bet the cost still wont compete, and be some horrible DRM format that no-body uses or supports. I'm sure being pessimistic so I can be pleasantly surprised when it isn't that bad will get me in trouble one day...

300com · 10-20-2009, 01:28 AM

They've been selling e-books in Dymocks for quite a while. So I don't know what all the "next year" fuss is about .

Laine · 10-20-2009, 01:54 AM

One of the advantages of ebooks and readers is that you don't have to go all the way to a store but can get a book practically instantaneously.

I see this as a backward move. And I predict it will be a big flop.

Javed · 10-20-2009, 02:45 AM

I agree, having to actually go to a physical store is ridiculous.

It would possibly only help traditional paper-book readers (that haven't used e-books etc before) get the idea to become e-readers. But then the store would probably lose them as customers after they wise up to the many online sources they can access from home.

tech_au · 10-20-2009, 02:49 AM

I was reading about this at lunch time today and thought it sounded like a lame idea. Bookstore are getting pretty scared that they are going to get cut out of the loop.
Sounds almost as bad as Blockbuster's(or was it Video Ezy ?) idea to take your iPod into the video store to get movies loaded on it that you take home and plug into their secure Set Top box to watch it.

neilmarr · 10-20-2009, 02:57 AM

Assuming that the huge majority of e-reading folks have computers and that all participating stores must have, it's hard to imagine why a customer's physical presence at a shop counter is necessary. It largely defeats the object, no? Seems a step backwards, not forwards. N

Solicitous · 10-20-2009, 05:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laine

One of the advantages of ebooks and readers is that you don't have to go all the way to a store but can get a book practically instantaneously.

I see this as a backward move. And I predict it will be a big flop.

I agree, it will be a big flop. Not a chance of seeing me drive all the way into town to go buy and ebook only to drive home and THEN finally download my copy of it - I'd rather buy the pbook online and have it shipped to my house, or not buy the book at all.

10-19-2009, 08:56 PM	#1
paul1403 Exertion Avoider Posts: 40 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Device: Eco-Reader, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy S2	ebooks in Australian stores next year This item was on the Sydney Morning Herald website this morning. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...1020-h5ps.html It would be nice to know a few more details (which stores will be participating, how many titles will be available, pricing, etc.) Paul Canberra, Australia

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pwarren Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 186186 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canberra, Australia Device: Irex Iliad (Dead), EcoReader (Smashed screen), Kobo Touch	That sounds a bit lame. I can go to a shop, give them my email address and they email me a link for the book I bought? I'd rather have a fully online store, or get the book on a flash disk. Or just continue using international booksellers and distributors. I'll bet the cost still wont compete, and be some horrible DRM format that no-body uses or supports. I'm sure being pessimistic so I can be pleasantly surprised when it isn't that bad will get me in trouble one day...

10-20-2009, 01:28 AM	#3
300com Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 1041448 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-300	They've been selling e-books in Dymocks for quite a while. So I don't know what all the "next year" fuss is about .

10-20-2009, 01:54 AM	#4
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	One of the advantages of ebooks and readers is that you don't have to go all the way to a store but can get a book practically instantaneously. I see this as a backward move. And I predict it will be a big flop.

10-20-2009, 02:45 AM	#5
Javed Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,270 Karma: 1126878541 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Astak Pocket PRO, iPod Touch, PRS-650	I agree, having to actually go to a physical store is ridiculous. It would possibly only help traditional paper-book readers (that haven't used e-books etc before) get the idea to become e-readers. But then the store would probably lose them as customers after they wise up to the many online sources they can access from home.

10-20-2009, 02:49 AM	#6
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	I was reading about this at lunch time today and thought it sounded like a lame idea. Bookstore are getting pretty scared that they are going to get cut out of the loop. Sounds almost as bad as Blockbuster's(or was it Video Ezy ?) idea to take your iPod into the video store to get movies loaded on it that you take home and plug into their secure Set Top box to watch it.

10-20-2009, 02:57 AM	#7
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Assuming that the huge majority of e-reading folks have computers and that all participating stores must have, it's hard to imagine why a customer's physical presence at a shop counter is necessary. It largely defeats the object, no? Seems a step backwards, not forwards. N

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