Future Of Paperbooks - Page 3

Nathan Campos · 12-27-2009, 10:46 AM

That's very nice Steve!

And as we can see the eBooks are everywhere.

In about 3 years we are going to have a system in the virtual librarys that you can rent a eBook, free of charge you get it, read and in some days it will disappear. Like we have book rent on the librarys

eGeezer · 12-30-2009, 10:50 PM

I suspect that few of those who commonly buy hb books will become ebookers.

I suspect the first tidal wave of ebookers will be folks like most of us -- seldom purchase a new hb at any price but never at full price, buy new pbacks at discount, and shop the used book stores for the majority. And, of course, trade with friends.

Hardbacks from the select best-selling authors will continue to support the industry pricing with publication of pbooks and ebooks not seeing much differentiation (eventually), but with ebooks hopefully reflecting significantly lower pricing.

The point has been made that hb's financially support the rest of the industry, with popular-author hb/pbooks helping to ease the losses from the "common-folk-authored" books.

I suspect that after all the ballyhoo, hair-pulling, and ashes-and-rag-cloth heart-wrenching funerals for the publishers' business model, it will come down to ebooks making more money for the publishers at lower prices than pbooks, thereby bolstering the hb monetary support for the lesser known newer authors.

That's what I think, and I'm sticking to it...

...at least until tomorrow morning.

neilmarr · 12-31-2009, 03:35 AM

One of my authors was at a book fair recently when someone produced a reader with the ebook versions of three of his novels in it and asked him to sign the inside of the device's leather cover. There were already other author signatures there. Seems there's little you can't do with an ereader that you can do with a treebook. Neil

12-30-2009, 10:50 PM	#32
eGeezer NE1 seen my glasses? Posts: 396 Karma: 4864 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seattle Device: Nook Glowlight (following previous nook STR and STR w/GL)	I suspect that few of those who commonly buy hb books will become ebookers. I suspect the first tidal wave of ebookers will be folks like most of us -- seldom purchase a new hb at any price but never at full price, buy new pbacks at discount, and shop the used book stores for the majority. And, of course, trade with friends. Hardbacks from the select best-selling authors will continue to support the industry pricing with publication of pbooks and ebooks not seeing much differentiation (eventually), but with ebooks hopefully reflecting significantly lower pricing. The point has been made that hb's financially support the rest of the industry, with popular-author hb/pbooks helping to ease the losses from the "common-folk-authored" books. I suspect that after all the ballyhoo, hair-pulling, and ashes-and-rag-cloth heart-wrenching funerals for the publishers' business model, it will come down to ebooks making more money for the publishers at lower prices than pbooks, thereby bolstering the hb monetary support for the lesser known newer authors. That's what I think, and I'm sticking to it... ...at least until tomorrow morning. Last edited by eGeezer; 12-30-2009 at 10:56 PM.

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12-27-2009, 10:46 AM	#31
Nathan Campos Groupie Posts: 194 Karma: 250000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brazil Device: Kindle DX & Kindle (2011)	That's very nice Steve! And as we can see the eBooks are everywhere. In about 3 years we are going to have a system in the virtual librarys that you can rent a eBook, free of charge you get it, read and in some days it will disappear. Like we have book rent on the librarys

12-31-2009, 03:35 AM	#33
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	One of my authors was at a book fair recently when someone produced a reader with the ebook versions of three of his novels in it and asked him to sign the inside of the device's leather cover. There were already other author signatures there. Seems there's little you can't do with an ereader that you can do with a treebook. Neil

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