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edercito · 01-03-2010, 07:09 AM

Found an interesting article in the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/op...alassi.html?hp

I see most ebooks these days as simply a different edition of a book that was originally produced in paper. However, I expect them in the future to move towards that first category presented in the article of a new frontier in publishing - I agree that there will still be a need for publishers then, but I feel most publishers fear otherwise and are reluctant to embrace this transition.

I hadn't given much thought to this scenario before, but if a work that was produced in paper by X publisher and then the rights to publish an ebook are given to Y publisher, this instance does not sound entirely "alright" to me given the contributions from X to the original print version.

01-03-2010, 07:09 AM	#1
edercito Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Stanford, CA Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 Wifi	NYT Op-Ed on ebooks and publishers Found an interesting article in the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/op...alassi.html?hp I see most ebooks these days as simply a different edition of a book that was originally produced in paper. However, I expect them in the future to move towards that first category presented in the article of a new frontier in publishing - I agree that there will still be a need for publishers then, but I feel most publishers fear otherwise and are reluctant to embrace this transition. I hadn't given much thought to this scenario before, but if a work that was produced in paper by X publisher and then the rights to publish an ebook are given to Y publisher, this instance does not sound entirely "alright" to me given the contributions from X to the original print version.