Comments on: From Print to E, Some Items To Consider https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:15:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: (Not) the next big thing… https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-171544 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:15:17 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-171544 […] has a brief post summarizing her thoughts on her new Kindle. I like what she has to say about it. Namely, that the Kindle is not the ipod of ebooks, and the […]

]]> By: Kindle swindle « bureauista https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-170181 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:33:44 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-170181 […] slightly less reactionary analysis here.) Kindle swindle October 1st, 2008 | Tags: ebooks, ereaders, Kindle | Category: publishing, […]

]]> By: LucassoScan https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168900 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:43:56 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168900 As for e-book sales figures, we can do some guesstimation.

In my opinion, in 2008, at least 8 million e-books were sold. How did I come to this conclusion?
Simple.
Publishers get about 5.86 dollars on each e-book they sell digitally. In October 2008, US e-book publishers (I mean about 12-15 of them) saw § 5.2 million in revenue (IDPF figure). So these publishers sold about 900,000 e-books in October 2008.

So e-books are starting to sell extremely well in America.

Lucasso

]]> By: Ted https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168459 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:10:00 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168459 I have no objection to Kindle or to the idea of electronic readers. But I view it merely as an unncessary complication of life. A real book is not simple. It involves a very high technology, BUT the technology of a book is finished. All that is needed is a souce of light and a literate intelligence. Furthermore, while books take up much space for storage, they are exceptionally durable, while electronic readers would degrade and over a short time, I would suppose. So why would anyone want a collection of electronic junk that may or may not work and would need constant maintenance? In my cellar, is a box full of old electronic games that my son went through as an adolescent. As he recently bought a house with his girlfriend and will get married soon, I told him to go through his stuff and see what he wants. Those old games are useless without advanced repair,—and so with old electronic machines.

]]> By: From Print to E, Some Items To Consider | Kim Werker https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168457 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:01:50 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168457 […] From Print to E, Some Items To Consider: I love everything about this post. Smart smart smart. […]

]]> By: Nannette https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168456 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:46:21 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168456 Thanks for these sensible and well thought out ideas. One grows so tired of it’s all great or it’s all evil.

]]> By: Virtual Memories » Unrequired Reading: Oct. 3, 2008 https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168445 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:02:20 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168445 […] of good stuff on e-readers and the marketplace, kourtesy Kassia […]

]]> By: Eric Eikrem https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168443 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:27:12 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168443 Interesting article. Good points on DRM and proprietary solutions. Here are my 5 cents based on my experience from the mobile content industry:

1)DRM: Excessive DRM that makes it difficult for the user to access content will encourage piracy, especially in combination with high prices and proprietary solutions.

2)Proprietary Solutions: The average user wants to access the content on the device of her choosing, just like Kassia. Thus, I very much agree with the notion that the Kindle is just a thing, not the thing. Mobile phone screens are getting so good that they will be able to deliver a good reading experience shortly.

]]> By: The Casual Optimist - Midweek Miscellany Oct 1, 08 https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168440 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:49:42 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168440 […] Kassia Krozser has further thoughts on moving from Print to E on Booksquare: “eBooks are not going to be the next big thing; they’re going to be a thing. A part of a […]

]]> By: David Thayer https://booksquare.com/from-print-to-e-some-items-to-consider/#comment-168439 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:06:48 +0000 http://booksquare.com/?p=2856#comment-168439 Many good thoughts and I especially enjoyed your reference to pirates both traditional and electronic.
The Regent of England was able to authorize buccaneers by writing a Letter of the Mart which said “go ahead be a pirate.” She could revoke that right by writing a Letter of the Counter Mart but of course news traveled slowly then….perhaps a Piracy Czar could be appointed with vast powers such as these.

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