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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The "trend?" Ebooks were around 5-6% of the market last year, and probably still less than 10% now. Were they supposed to launch a digital-primary imprint before anyone owned a viable ebook reader...?
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Ebook publishers with POD offerings have been around for at least 8 or 9 years. Well before the Kindle, there were such "viable e-readers" as the Franklin eBookman, the Rocket E-book, and many others. And there were companies like Ellora's Cave that really blazed the trail for e-book publishing with POD. EC even pre-dates Fictionwise, and FW has been in the business for a long time.
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Originally Posted by ATDrake
Darn. I don't read the genre (excepting the interesting-looking occasional freebie), but I was hoping someone outside of sf/fantasy would be doing well with the DRM-free, reasonable pricing with occasional discounts, niche market model.
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The erotic romance e-publishers with POD are doing very, very well. Ellora's Cave, Loose Id, and Samhain in particular.
Carina is selling e-books in a genre that's widely available in print, and that's not a model that's working. Also I'm not 100% sure, but I believe Carina books are DRM'd and that does make a difference to some audiences.