Sorry Palin/Kennedy book readers... you'll just have to wait a little longer

purl4peace · 09-28-2009, 11:56 PM

So all you eager e-book readers who want to get your hands on the latest Kennedy or Palin memoir (how often do you expect to see those 2 names juxtaposed in the same sentence!).

Palin's memoir is apparently slated for release on 11/17. However, the eBook version will not be released until 12/26 to maximize the hardcover sales.

According to the article:

Quote:

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, has commissioned a huge first printing of 1.5 million copies. Sen. Ted Kennedy's "True Compass," published by Twelve soon after his Aug. 25 death, also had a 1.5 million first printing.

As with the Kennedy book, the digital edition of Palin's memoir will not be released at the same time as the hardcover. "Going Rogue" will not be available as an e-book until Dec. 26 because "we want to maximize hardcover sales over the holidays," Harper spokeswoman Tina Andreadis said Monday.

Publishers have been concerned that e-books, rapidly becoming more popular, might take away sales from hardcover editions, which are more expensive.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_302246.html

p.s. I know this isn't really news... I just couldn't resist posting a news item that featured both Kennedy and Palin in the same context (something that I'm sure both camps would be appalled at!)

Shaggy · 09-29-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by purl4peace

Palin's memoir is apparently slated for release on 11/17. However, the eBook version will not be released until 12/26 to maximize the hardcover sales.

Would I find that under the "Children's Section" or "Politics for Dummies"?

Barcey · 09-29-2009, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaggy

Would I find that under the "Children's Section" or "Politics for Dummies"?

I understand it's going to be geographically restricted in the country of Africa.

ardeegee · 09-29-2009, 02:34 PM

"Which ebooks do you read, ex-governor Palin?"

"All of 'em..."

Lemurion · 09-29-2009, 03:37 PM

If there's a real demand, both books will be scanned, OCR'd and available on the Darknet on or before their hardcover release dates. All it's really likely to do is lower eBook sales because people will be less interested in either book by the time the eBook's released.

ahi · 09-29-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemurion

If there's a real demand, both books will be scanned, OCR'd and available on the Darknet on or before their hardcover release dates. All it's really likely to do is lower eBook sales because people will be less interested in either book by the time the eBook's released.

Yeah, but if that happens, she'll use her lawyers to sue the internet again!

- Ahi

Phogg · 09-29-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Barcey

I understand it's going to be geographically restricted in the country of Africa.

Hey, that's one of the 57 states, isn't it?

hal_9000 · 09-29-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaggy

Would I find that under the "Children's Section" or "Politics for Dummies"?

as oppose to what? the "Getting Away with Murder" section?

Shaggy · 09-29-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ahi

Yeah, but if that happens, she'll use her lawyers to sue the internet again!

Assuming she knows the term "internet" is probably a little generous.

I'd think she'd sue the "intertubes" or maybe the "world wide email".

poohbear_nc · 09-29-2009, 04:44 PM

Maybe Tina Fey will do her memoir - ONLY in ebook form!

pking36330 · 09-29-2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hal_9000

as oppose to what? the "Getting Away with Murder" section?

Or "How much money does it take to cover up a "Long Drive off a Short Pier"?

Or "Why Wearing Pants and Being Sober are Over-rated if you are a Kennedy"

fugazied · 09-29-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ardeegee

"Which ebooks do you read, ex-governor Palin?"

"All of 'em..."

Strongly resisting the urge to make some snarky comment about how Palin's memoir will be 10 pages long and mostly be about denying anti-corruption charges after her short time in office. Maybe she will go into the years of being a housewife and beauty pagent winner, or how she had to go to 7 colleges to find one that would graduate her, or her knowledge of world affairs..

She sums up what's wrong with politics, people voting for figureheads who give them a warm fuzzy aw shucks feeling.

Oh damn I made a snarky comment, sorry!

WT Sharpe · 09-29-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Barcey

I understand it's going to be geographically restricted in the country of Africa.

ahi · 09-29-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fugazied

Strongly resisting the urge to make some snarky comment about how Palin's memoir will be 10 pages long and mostly be about denying anti-corruption charges after her short time in office.

And will contain almost as many apostrophes as vowels.

- Ahi

Crowl · 09-30-2009, 07:33 AM

Palin's book wouldn't work with current e-ink screens anyway, you would need a colour screen to get the full effect and higher rez to see how careful she had been not to go over any edges with her crayons.

09-29-2009, 03:37 PM	#5
Lemurion eReader Posts: 1,062 Karma: 4714 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505 (Blue), Palm T\|X, iPaq 3950, Nokia 6126	If there's a real demand, both books will be scanned, OCR'd and available on the Darknet on or before their hardcover release dates. All it's really likely to do is lower eBook sales because people will be less interested in either book by the time the eBook's released. __________________ DRM is like saying if you want to read our book, you have to wear our glasses. If you want non-DRM content vote with your dollars and buy it. No one will offer it if there's no market. Buy Macmillan: Amazon is the bully.

09-29-2009, 04:44 PM	#10
poohbear_nc Compulsive Reader Posts: 944 Karma: 4664 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Kindle 1 & 2 & DX!	Maybe Tina Fey will do her memoir - ONLY in ebook form! __________________ "I read about that in a thing with actual pages in it. A quaint thing where you flip the paper over. A book. That was it" (Ford Prefect in And Another Thing) Now reading: The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan The Labours of Hercules - Agatha Christie Moby Dick - Herman Melville More Work for the Undertaker - Margery Allingham

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