As of 5:20 p.m. Eastern Time July 29, Stephenie Meyer's publisher advised the eBook industry that the eBook release of
Breaking Dawn, her much-anticipated latest novel in the Twilight series, will be delayed a day until August 3rd.
Our countdown for August 2nd will continue, and the Cybook and other prizes
will be awarded. As a champion of eBook readers, we're not happy about this delay in release time, but we'll make the best of it for our customers.
The hard copy release will still go forward August 2nd. This lag in release time has to do with concerns about eBooks getting to eBook customers in certain time zones before the hard copy book is available.
We’re interested in hearing what MobileRead members have to say – what do you think about eBooks being released after paperbooks? How can we get publishers to acknowledge that eBook readers are a significant (and growing) segment of the reading public?