07-04-2011, 11:29 PM | #1 |
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Pearson Australia buy RedGroup estore websites
Good news for the online ebook market in Australia
http://www.watoday.com.au/business/p...705-1gzwh.html I would expect that the Kobo ereader (Kobo Touch currently) will be sold online as well. Currently, there is no domestic online or bricks and mortar sales presence in Australia. Hopefully Kobo can negotiate bricks and mortar resellers as well. Last edited by sabredog; 07-04-2011 at 11:32 PM. Reason: typo |
07-05-2011, 01:11 AM | #2 |
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Interesting. We might be able to get the Kobos here after all. Too late for me, i've ordered a Sony. I think it's a smart move, they're getting into the ebook market at a good time.
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Or bad news, given one of the usual suspects who currently indulge in the usual sort of double and triple pricing especially for us.
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07-05-2011, 03:35 AM | #4 |
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True, but one must try and have some optimism. Hopefully their affiliation with Kobo might avoid some of that.
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All seriousness it will be interesting to see what comes of it. Pearson are generally an educational publisher, and now moving into books of all genres....well as I said, interesting. |
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07-05-2011, 07:30 PM | #6 |
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07-05-2011, 08:07 PM | #7 |
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Here is an interesting hurdle.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news...px?storypage=0 These booksellers have sat on their backside, not willing to invest into ebook online selling (at equitable and fair pricing, Dymocks anyone?), whilst Borders and A&R powered up with Kobo to provide an online service. Now Borders and A&R are gone and the ebook side of their business purchased by Pearson (who no doubt see the potential), these other booksellers decide to winge about it and call in the ACCC? How typical. |
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07-05-2011, 09:43 PM | #9 |
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Isn't Pearson owned by Penguin?
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07-05-2011, 09:52 PM | #10 |
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Yep as stated in the second paragraph of the second linked article
"Pearson, which is the parent company of publisher Penguin Books" My favourite bit from the article - "Wholesalers being retailers is not new. However the book industry is unique as parallel importation rights and territorial copyright create monopolies within the supply chain. " I have a solution for that mate get rid of parallel import rules !! If you do the local aussie market may actually survive maybe even thrive |
07-05-2011, 09:55 PM | #11 |
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Other way round. Penguin Group is a division of Pearson PLC.
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07-05-2011, 10:31 PM | #12 |
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Hmm! At the moment some Penguin ebooks aren't for sale in Australia - certainly none offered on their AU site and the UK site only sells to the UK. I searched a couple of their "Popular Penguin" titles but they weren't available here,only in p book. Perhaps I just picked the wrong ones but that is a bit worrying.
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Sounds like a geographic restriction issue. From past experience, Penguin are one of the worst offenders for this anachronistic practice.
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07-08-2011, 02:56 AM | #14 |
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No, CazMar, that is right. At the moment Penguin Australia couldn't organise a shag in a brothel or a pissup in a brewery as far as this goes.
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