Who in the e-book business would you most like to hear from?

LouiseLK · 06-22-2009, 10:10 AM

Hi everyone,

I am new to the e-book world and I am researching a conference on digital publishing.

Since I regard you as more experienced users than myself I thought it would be interesting to ask here who you would most like to hear from in the industry and what you most like to tell them...keep it polite

Thanks

toomanybooks · 06-22-2009, 11:27 AM

What I would most like to tell them is to skip the ten year phase where they torture their customers with DRM and skip straight to the no DRM our customers are not the enemy business model.

MickeyC · 06-22-2009, 12:13 PM

Hi LouiseLK and welcome to MobileRead.

Woudl also like to hear some common sense about pricing. EBooks save publishers LOTS of money. What aren't equivalent savings passed on?

kazbates · 06-22-2009, 03:18 PM

Welcome to MobileRead, LouiseK!

As cassidym stated, many of us would like to hear more about ebook pricing. There are many threads here that discuss just this issue and many people have given their opinions, but not many publishers. Good luck with your conference and enjoy your time here at MR.

Elfwreck · 06-22-2009, 03:28 PM

In addition to the opportunity to explain that DRM is a failed business model, and finding out more about the pricing decisions, I'm interested in the conversion processes.

I'd like to hear from the ones who decide how to convert backlist print books to ebooks, and find out what software they're using, because a lot of older books converted to ebooks contain a ridiculous number of OCR and formatting errors.

I'd like to tell them that they need to hire real editors--or at least real proofreaders--for ebook productions.

06-22-2009, 10:10 AM	#1
LouiseLK Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: none	Who in the e-book business would you most like to hear from? Hi everyone, I am new to the e-book world and I am researching a conference on digital publishing. Since I regard you as more experienced users than myself I thought it would be interesting to ask here who you would most like to hear from in the industry and what you most like to tell them...keep it polite Thanks

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06-22-2009, 11:27 AM	#2
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 1039424 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	What I would most like to tell them is to skip the ten year phase where they torture their customers with DRM and skip straight to the no DRM our customers are not the enemy business model.

06-22-2009, 12:13 PM	#3
MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,731 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi LouiseLK and welcome to MobileRead. Woudl also like to hear some common sense about pricing. EBooks save publishers LOTS of money. What aren't equivalent savings passed on?

06-22-2009, 03:18 PM	#4
kazbates Wizard Posts: 2,627 Karma: 406616 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Northern Virginia Device: SurfacePro, SurfaceBook 2	Welcome to MobileRead, LouiseK! As cassidym stated, many of us would like to hear more about ebook pricing. There are many threads here that discuss just this issue and many people have given their opinions, but not many publishers. Good luck with your conference and enjoy your time here at MR.

06-22-2009, 03:28 PM	#5
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	In addition to the opportunity to explain that DRM is a failed business model, and finding out more about the pricing decisions, I'm interested in the conversion processes. I'd like to hear from the ones who decide how to convert backlist print books to ebooks, and find out what software they're using, because a lot of older books converted to ebooks contain a ridiculous number of OCR and formatting errors. I'd like to tell them that they need to hire real editors--or at least real proofreaders--for ebook productions.

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