Comments on: Ebooks, Prices, Consumers, Choices. Again. http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/ Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Is Book Sharing Really a Threat to Publishing? | Medialoper http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-170546 Is Book Sharing Really a Threat to Publishing? | Medialoper Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:27:49 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-170546 [...] a battle raging over ebook pricing. Publishers believe that ebooks should be priced similarly to print books. Consumers, meanwhile, [...] [...] a battle raging over ebook pricing. Publishers believe that ebooks should be priced similarly to print books. Consumers, meanwhile, [...]

]]> By: Mari http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-170357 Mari Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:40:48 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-170357 What is not commented on here is the fact that publishers like Macmillan are asking ebook readers to pay $14.99 retail for a paperback that costs $7.99. It's appalling. Are we consumers really buying these ebooks at almost double? I hope not. We should be boycotting and send mass emails to publishers like Macmillan. I got my reader because I read a lot and it’s incredibly convenient for me. Now, I’m being punished for not killing trees and wanting to carry 20 books around with me wherever I go. Since I’ve purchased my reader (2 years ago) I actually buy more books then I used to and now the insult that they expect me to pay almost double. What is not commented on here is the fact that publishers like Macmillan are asking ebook readers to pay $14.99 retail for a paperback that costs $7.99. It’s appalling. Are we consumers really buying these ebooks at almost double? I hope not. We should be boycotting and send mass emails to publishers like Macmillan. I got my reader because I read a lot and it’s incredibly convenient for me. Now, I’m being punished for not killing trees and wanting to carry 20 books around with me wherever I go. Since I’ve purchased my reader (2 years ago) I actually buy more books then I used to and now the insult that they expect me to pay almost double.

]]> By: Book News and Views « Books Worth Reading http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169929 Book News and Views « Books Worth Reading Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:35:45 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169929 [...] the e-book saga continues. Here’s another insightful essay from Booksquare on e-book pricing. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Book News and ViewsThe Sunday Salon: Reading in [...] [...] the e-book saga continues. Here’s another insightful essay from Booksquare on e-book pricing. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Book News and ViewsThe Sunday Salon: Reading in [...]

]]> By: Hoots Balloon! — Speakeasy http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169836 Hoots Balloon! — Speakeasy Tue, 26 May 2009 22:22:45 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169836 [...] market yet. Anyway this great article from Kasia over at BookSquare once again highlights the discrepancies in e-book pricing. With the GFC and all that biz, you’d think that publishers would want people to spend money [...] [...] market yet. Anyway this great article from Kasia over at BookSquare once again highlights the discrepancies in e-book pricing. With the GFC and all that biz, you’d think that publishers would want people to spend money [...]

]]> By: Stacy Whitman’s Grimoire » On e-books, the distribution chain, the Amazonian monster, and all that other fun stuff http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169832 Stacy Whitman’s Grimoire » On e-books, the distribution chain, the Amazonian monster, and all that other fun stuff Tue, 26 May 2009 06:48:19 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169832 [...] at Booksquare last week Kassia had an excellent post on what consumers are looking for in the pricing of ebooks, in which she took a devil’s advocate role in saying that perhaps it’s good that Amazon [...] [...] at Booksquare last week Kassia had an excellent post on what consumers are looking for in the pricing of ebooks, in which she took a devil’s advocate role in saying that perhaps it’s good that Amazon [...]

]]> By: Nazlah http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169828 Nazlah Mon, 25 May 2009 13:13:41 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169828 some thoughts on e book pricing.... http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/05/22/some-thoughts-on-ebook-pricing-models/ some thoughts on e book pricing….

http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/05/22/some-thoughts-on-ebook-pricing-models/

]]> By: Biblibio http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169821 Biblibio Thu, 21 May 2009 17:46:18 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169821 “What a consumer is buying is the content, not necessarily the format.” Oh really? Well then, in that case, I'd like the paperback format in addition to my hardcover. And the Kindle version as well, please. If I buy the content in one form, shouldn't I get it in another form as well? Ignoring my over-analyses of stupid statements, this is a very interesting roundup and really made me think of a lot of points. For instance, I hadn't encountered the idea that publishers will need to fire editors or lower author advances. That one really seems like a no-brainer to me. In general, this post and many others on the matter (including my own poor attempts at understanding the issues) only support the idea that the publishing industry may need a complete redo. Until then, I guess there will continue to be these battles between the publishers, the consumers, and the guys in between - the book-sellers (Amazon, in this case). How exhausting. “What a consumer is buying is the content, not necessarily the format.” Oh really? Well then, in that case, I’d like the paperback format in addition to my hardcover. And the Kindle version as well, please. If I buy the content in one form, shouldn’t I get it in another form as well?

Ignoring my over-analyses of stupid statements, this is a very interesting roundup and really made me think of a lot of points. For instance, I hadn’t encountered the idea that publishers will need to fire editors or lower author advances. That one really seems like a no-brainer to me. In general, this post and many others on the matter (including my own poor attempts at understanding the issues) only support the idea that the publishing industry may need a complete redo. Until then, I guess there will continue to be these battles between the publishers, the consumers, and the guys in between – the book-sellers (Amazon, in this case). How exhausting.

]]> By: Peter Murray http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169820 Peter Murray Thu, 21 May 2009 06:19:20 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169820 While publishers are all scrambling to work out how they will survive, I have developed a new product that will keep everyone employed and the industry on a level playing-field. I am approaching the problem from a publishers point of view (I have been in the industry for over 30 years), the consumer, the author, the editors and everyone associated with our beautiful industry. I am also considering the environment. My new GREEN BOOK will be launched in October saving 500 million trees from being cut down each year, selling at bookstores at a slightly higer price than normal, but it is an ereader, packaged as a book and it will keep all book lovers happy - including me! While publishers are all scrambling to work out how they will survive, I have developed a new product that will keep everyone employed and the industry on a level playing-field. I am approaching the problem from a publishers point of view (I have been in the industry for over 30 years), the consumer, the author, the editors and everyone associated with our beautiful industry. I am also considering the environment. My new GREEN BOOK will be launched in October saving 500 million trees from being cut down each year, selling at bookstores at a slightly higer price than normal, but it is an ereader, packaged as a book and it will keep all book lovers happy – including me!

]]> By: The Alliterates » Disingenuous Ebook Prices, or “I couldn’t have said it better myself.” http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169818 The Alliterates » Disingenuous Ebook Prices, or “I couldn’t have said it better myself.” Wed, 20 May 2009 22:27:53 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169818 [...] as the ebook audience grows. Kassia Krozser explains the issue very well in Monday’s “Ebooks, Prices, Consumers, Choices. Again.” entry at [...] [...] as the ebook audience grows. Kassia Krozser explains the issue very well in Monday’s “Ebooks, Prices, Consumers, Choices. Again.” entry at [...]

]]> By: Blogging Fixations – Amazon, eBooks and the Future of Publishing « Tour’s Books Blog http://booksquare.com/ebooks-prices-consumers-choices-again/comment-page-1/#comment-169817 Blogging Fixations – Amazon, eBooks and the Future of Publishing « Tour’s Books Blog Wed, 20 May 2009 21:34:11 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=3277#comment-169817 [...] Booksquare blog just a posted column on ebook costs and consumer perceptions of ‘value’ in formats with [...] [...] Booksquare blog just a posted column on ebook costs and consumer perceptions of ‘value’ in formats with [...]

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