05-12-2012, 01:48 PM | #1 | ||
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UK Ebook startup calls on publishers to "do a Pottermore"
Matteo Berlucci of Anobii is calling on publishers to go around Amazon and sell direct to consumers:
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05-12-2012, 02:32 PM | #2 |
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This would be a very poor move from the perspective of the consumer. Amazon is a "one-stop shop" for eBooks; I don't want to have to go to Macmillan's site for Macmillan's books, Penguin's site for Penguin's books, etc.
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05-12-2012, 02:38 PM | #3 |
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Oh boy, can't wait for that one to happen! I've tried repeatedly over the last 2 years to have a single big 6 publisher to respond to me, hasn't happened even once. Now you think I want to buy from them? You should go look up "customer service" and see what that means, then come back and tell me how this could be a good thing.
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05-12-2012, 02:41 PM | #4 |
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How hard can it be to visit different sites? Click a bookmark or go by Google. No buses, driving, parking.....ok, need to use paypal or a cc but physical shops have checkouts too. Stand in line and wait or remember a password, which is easier?
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05-12-2012, 02:49 PM | #5 |
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If I have to start visiting different shops, it's all the more reason to break DRM and back my books up on my computer.
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05-12-2012, 03:02 PM | #6 |
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Agreed. I don't want to have to search for a particular book's publisher then go to the publisher website and buy it. I just want to search for it and buy it from the same place.
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05-12-2012, 03:29 PM | #7 |
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Given how many visitors/buyers Amazon have I think they'd be daft to do something like that. With a few exceptions, people buy books by writers not publishers.
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05-12-2012, 04:10 PM | #8 |
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Great thinking... a one stop shop for people without Kindles who have other readers that use ePub or similar... I have never bought an ebook from Amazon as they use a format I don't want and can't be bothered with changing (and many people are not familar with de-DRMing and format changing) so not having Amazon as the "one-stop" shop seems like a very good idea...
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05-12-2012, 04:16 PM | #9 |
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Assuming the publishers are willing to work with Amazon and other e-retailers ala Pottermore, I don't see what the big deal is. Go to Amazon, find "Harry Potter", click the link to buy from Pottermore.
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05-12-2012, 04:33 PM | #10 |
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Buying them from Amazon is easier.
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05-12-2012, 04:54 PM | #11 |
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Pottermore is a unique situation, because Potter fans will visit it for reasons other than shopping. Most books won't have that luxury, so it would just be an inconvenient move from one big shopping site (Amazon) to a bunch of smaller ones.
Plus, J.K. Rowling can defy the system because she's J.K. Rowling. Most of us... aren't. |
05-12-2012, 05:42 PM | #12 |
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This would be good for non kindle users such as myself. Just means putting them in my favorites folder. Easy enough. I buy most of my books from kobo anyway, but if I could get it directly at better prices even better.
Better prices is the key word. I've only been getting free books from amazon just in case I get a kindle in the future. Which could happen now that they got rid of that keyboard. |
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And before long, there'd be an app for that. In fact, apps , not websites, may be the way for publishers to go. That said, I'm ambivalent. I think that publishers should focus on publishing, by cracky. Contrary to popular MR belief, the BPHs carry out important functions, -finding, developing, and bringing authors to market- and I'd prefer they focus on those functions rather than getting into retailing. Like it or not though, publishers feel threatened by Amazon-with good reason, if you look at the IPG mess -and so they are looking to get around Amazon. Last edited by stonetools; 05-12-2012 at 05:49 PM. |
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None of that sounds very appealing as a cutomer. Amazon have done well expanding into so many different product lines because people like being able to get everything from one place. |
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