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"Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age" by Jeff Gomez
David Rothman, who does the E-book Report for Publishers Weekly, has a nice little commentary/mini-review of Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age by Jeff Gomez. Rothman calls it a Must-read for the New York publishing establishment.
About a third of the book is available online at printisdeadbook.com. The book will be out from Palgrave Macmillan on November 13th. |
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Does it not strike you as a little ironic that a book called "Print is Dead" is being published as a, er, printed book?
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I was just thinking about editing my post for that very comment!
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Just goes to show that even the guys who get it, sometimes don't get it.
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Hey, guys, remember, Jeff's book is appearing on Nov. 13--same day--in E rather than just P alone. What's more, if you want to reach the p-establishment, a P book won't hurt. That's no small reason why I'm writing the blog for PW. If folks want to drop by the E-book Report comment section to join me in realistically talking up E, that'll be great.
One forthcoming topic will be the frequently high prices of E books, such as the new Ken Follett novel, which so far I haven't found discounted as an e-book. $35. Yikes! It's actually much pricier than the p-version at Amazon. Will welcome your thoughts, which I might quote in PW. Thanks, David P.S. I need to drop by the Macmillian site again and find out the lowdown on the exact formats Jeff's book will be available in. David Rothman | teleread.org | PW E-Book Report http://www.teleread.org/blog http://publishersweekly.com/blog/760000476.html |
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Nonsence to make the post long enough
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BooksOnBoard has it for $23.28 in MS Reader which you can then convert to BBeB for the Sony 500/505. But once again, Mobipocket comes in dead last and as clueless as can be at $35. All the other ebook shops I checked out (that have it) have higher prices then BooksOnBoard. So basically with shipping, you only save $1.70 from Amazon's price. That is sad. I would never pay that much for an ebook regardless. But I really do think ebook prices are TOO FRIGGING HIGH for some of these new "bestsellers". |
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Well, I'd go for the $23.38 should I be purchasing the ebook which I'm not. But then I'd remove the DRM, run lit2lrf on it and go from there. I'd be golden. With no much effort overall.
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It's one of my all-time favourite books! It takes all sorts to make the world go round, as they say.
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