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HarperCollins has launched a redesigned website that features a direct sales component. The new website, announced Tuesday morning, allows the publisher to sell print books, e-books and physical audiobooks directly to consumers. While HC has sold e-books from its own site in the past, it has never directly sold print books.
All HarperCollins U.S. e-books can be purchased from the site by consumers globally wherever the publisher holds rights. Print books and audio books are currently available only to U.S. consumers. HC said the capability to sell direct "will enable the company to better understand consumer preferences and, most importantly, further extend the global reach of its authors." The publisher also noted that its authors will be able to use the technology to sell direct from their own websites.
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http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...ect-sales.html
They could make the ebook component of this very appealing if they'd drop DRM (not that it will happen).