Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotbob
What's funny is that Books On Board is now selling the Opus and the Sony 300. They had some blurb about actors using them and interviewed some actors.
They asked them what books they read (or would read I can't recall) on their reader. Laurie Laugnlin said how much she love TTW. Opps... but you can't get that as an ebook. Oppsss...
I'm not saying she did read it on an ebook, just saying that the unwashed masses expect they can get every book out there as an ebook when they get a new reader device, and are in for a rude awakening.
Authors with the attitude of ebooks aren't really books, or that they will just be stolen. Or, publishers that they will loose sales of HardCovers (where you know they make alot of money) are just giving the ebook industry a bad name and put a bad taste in many peoples mouths.
BOb
|
It was essentially this same attitute that ended up costing the music industry so much money and credibilty when the mp3 craze started. They could have embraced it and rode the wave all the way to the bank, but they fought against it and are now just a shadow of their former selves. At least the book industry as a whole seems to see the writing on the wall.