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AnemicOak · 03-24-2009, 05:17 PM

I agree, it'd be great if all books in a series were available but it's going to take time.

Since I got my Sony in October of '07 the number of back titles for series I've had interest in has grown a lot, so I do think they're working on it.

It's got to be a careful balance I'm sure. They have to decide which authors titles to do first and balance that out with the available time & money for the project plus make sure current titles are getting out (which sometimes they don't). I don't know if it's true or not, but I've heard that the "ebook department" at most publishers are quite small since it's still a limited, yet quickly growing, market. Also some of the earlier titles contracts might not have included digital rights so those will have to be negotiated as well.

I'm sure they know they're losing sales, they're slow and antiquated, but probably not totally stupid. I know that unless it's a series I'm already into I won't bother with it unless all the books are available and I'm sure others are the same.

I know we, as consumers, want what we want and we want it yesterday but it's going to be a while yet. Hopefully the market will continue to grow and publishers will be willing to invest more money and time into getting the back catalogs out.

03-24-2009, 05:17 PM	#2
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	I agree, it'd be great if all books in a series were available but it's going to take time. Since I got my Sony in October of '07 the number of back titles for series I've had interest in has grown a lot, so I do think they're working on it. It's got to be a careful balance I'm sure. They have to decide which authors titles to do first and balance that out with the available time & money for the project plus make sure current titles are getting out (which sometimes they don't). I don't know if it's true or not, but I've heard that the "ebook department" at most publishers are quite small since it's still a limited, yet quickly growing, market. Also some of the earlier titles contracts might not have included digital rights so those will have to be negotiated as well. I'm sure they know they're losing sales, they're slow and antiquated, but probably not totally stupid. I know that unless it's a series I'm already into I won't bother with it unless all the books are available and I'm sure others are the same. I know we, as consumers, want what we want and we want it yesterday but it's going to be a while yet. Hopefully the market will continue to grow and publishers will be willing to invest more money and time into getting the back catalogs out.