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LBalsam · 06-03-2007, 09:14 AM

I recently attended a presentation by and spoke with one of the Sony's Reader evangelists.

He made it quite clear that the hold up is on the publishers' side. The publishers are terrified that the intellectual property they have made substantial investments in will end up posted on the Interest. Many publishers do not like the e-book business model because they are somewhat marginalized.

Book publishers may have had previous experience with DRM being broken and the content posted to the Internet. This makes them much more cautious when Sony approached them.

One thing I like a lot is that Connect has some books that are otherwise out of print. I hope to see a lot more of that. If the publisher does not feel another printing is economically justified, it seems logical to allow it to be published electronically, it does not threaten the sale of out of print books.

They have added over 3,000 titles in the last few months. According to their rep Sony is working with as many publishers as they can to make as many books as possible available as soon as possible.

If you want more books available for sale, keep buying them. If the publishers see this as a viable income stream they will continue to add books.

Downloading free books, legally and illegally does nothing for the publishers and provides no incentives for them to make more books available to Sony.

06-03-2007, 09:14 AM	#10
LBalsam Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NYC Area Device: Sony Reader	Difficulty working with publishers I recently attended a presentation by and spoke with one of the Sony's Reader evangelists. He made it quite clear that the hold up is on the publishers' side. The publishers are terrified that the intellectual property they have made substantial investments in will end up posted on the Interest. Many publishers do not like the e-book business model because they are somewhat marginalized. Book publishers may have had previous experience with DRM being broken and the content posted to the Internet. This makes them much more cautious when Sony approached them. One thing I like a lot is that Connect has some books that are otherwise out of print. I hope to see a lot more of that. If the publisher does not feel another printing is economically justified, it seems logical to allow it to be published electronically, it does not threaten the sale of out of print books. They have added over 3,000 titles in the last few months. According to their rep Sony is working with as many publishers as they can to make as many books as possible available as soon as possible. If you want more books available for sale, keep buying them. If the publishers see this as a viable income stream they will continue to add books. Downloading free books, legally and illegally does nothing for the publishers and provides no incentives for them to make more books available to Sony.