Nick Hornby is not an e-book fan

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by radiohead

I disagree--The Harry Potter series showed that if you can put out a product that ingnites young people they will read. Kindle is cool at the moment--as wii was and PS2--My niece is getting one and all her friends (they are 10), why because her friends are--there's a real opportunity to get young people back into reading here.

I concur that the Kindle being "cool" is an opportunity, and Harry Potter certainly made a whole lot of kids that didn't normally read avid readers of at least the HP books.

But you were talking about the 25 and ups who no longer read, not the 10 year olds who do. We can hope the latter will never stop reading, but we have to ask what made the 25+ group turn to other things, and what might entice them back. Technology alone is not the answer.
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Dennis

[Blue Tyson]

Originally Posted by Kali Yuga

So far I haven't seen any studies that indicate (let alone definitively prove) that ebooks have dramatically inflated in price since agency pricing kicked in.

I can prove it for one book at least easily.

Bought this one a year ago :- http://www.amazon.com/Zima-Blue-ebook/dp/B002VCR0CQ

Alastair Reynolds Zima Blue.

It was 10.00.

Now 14.04.

I am sure most people would call a greater than 40% price hike dramatic.

[elcreative]

Which edition? There are at least two versions of the collection (not counting the Limited Edition), the second having 30-40% more content...

Originally Posted by Blue Tyson

I can prove it for one book at least easily.

Bought this one a year ago :- http://www.amazon.com/Zima-Blue-ebook/dp/B002VCR0CQ

Alastair Reynolds Zima Blue.

It was 10.00.

Now 14.04.

I am sure most people would call a greater than 40% price hike dramatic.

[radiohead]

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

I concur that the Kindle being "cool" is an opportunity, and Harry Potter certainly made a whole lot of kids that didn't normally read avid readers of at least the HP books.

But you were talking about the 25 and ups who no longer read, not the 10 year olds who do. We can hope the latter will never stop reading, but we have to ask what made the 25+ group turn to other things, and what might entice them back. Technology alone is not the answer.
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Dennis

I think age might be the answer--I stopped at 25 until 35--I'm afraid to say-

but you make valid points Dennis

S

[leebase]

Originally Posted by Blue Tyson

I can prove it for one book at least easily.

Bought this one a year ago :- http://www.amazon.com/Zima-Blue-ebook/dp/B002VCR0CQ

Alastair Reynolds Zima Blue.

It was 10.00.

Now 14.04.

I am sure most people would call a greater than 40% price hike dramatic.

Demand pricing will go both ways. If a product is selling well, prices may rise to capture more profit. I bought Tom Clancy's latest the day it was released for $14.99, a mere few weeks later it's already $12.99.

Ebook pricing will start to reflect dynamic pricing like gas or milk.

Lee