Comments on: Toc: Preview of Smart Women Read Ebooks Panel

By: Ebook Pricing: Who Chooses? | Booksquare

Ebook Pricing: Who Chooses? | Booksquare — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:53:10 +0000

[…] My recent survey indicated that $10 is the top price most readers are willing to pay, less being preferable (logic: they can buy more books, and buying more is always a good thing for them and you). Readers are also dealing with the lack of tangible goods (digital versus paper), DRM and lack of portability, and a general loss of rights associated with a print book. Those are the essential elements of the WTF? Factor. […]

By: Kat Meyer Discusses eBook Pricing | HarperStudio

Kat Meyer Discusses eBook Pricing | HarperStudio — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:53:42 +0000

[…] took the survey buy. Turns out it’s two to five books per month. You can check out the Booksquare blog for the wrap up of the TOC Smart Women Read Ebooks […]

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Nice Mommy~Evil Editor » Blog Archive » Friday confessional 2-13-2009 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:18:40 +0000

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By: Next in Learning

Next in Learning — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:38:39 +0000

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By: Monica Burns

Monica Burns — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:12:52 +0000

An interesting perspective, and I understand the vitriol given your company does premedia . With any company there will be damage of some sort. It’s inevitable. The trick is to minimize the damage, even eliminate it if possible. But I think the damages to the environment might weigh more heavily in favor of eBooks being the greener product, given the need for inks, paper, cleaning fluid for presses, oil to keep gears running smoothly, etc.

Don’t misunderstand me, I love print books and I love eBooks. They’re commodities that meet specific needs of mine and others.

I do not believe print will go away, but I do see eBooks as an economical means for global distribution. I also see the model evolving, and it’s evolving quickly. I think companies who modify their current success models to embrace rather than reject eBooks will see their businesses grow, not contract. And I know about contraction. It’s why I’m not rich. I didn’t bother to buy Microsoft when it was about $15-20 a share. I thought WordPerfect would reign forever. I’m still having a wall banging moment. LOL

By: sunil

sunil — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:38:58 +0000

don’t know if you’re aware of this, but Rabindranath Tagore, the author of our national anthem, was seen as an avant-garde poet in Bengal till he won the Nobel Prize….

So u r avant-garde till u win a prize…till u gain recognition?
If tagore was alive in our days n he was say 25 yrs old…would he have wanted to b on MTV?
U bet or if u dont agree I’ll ask him on my way to hell….
e-books-yuck….u know what a book is?
not just cellulose….n being green n holding a er an e-book….what about the ecological damage an e book does…power…manufacturing…oh i forgot oooh bama wants 2 create new green jobs…so this is one of them.
Why why why do we forget our modern poets….Dylan, Cohen, Radiohead, so many of them.
They would never ever want to manufacture a national anthem….anthema….a nobel prize is just like a condom…protection from criticism….when u are great…have a great hard on…wear a nobel…er condom.
Btw who institutited the nobel prize?
Our fried Alfred Nobel.
Do i have to explain his claim to fame?
Vitriol….so much….just on my way to heaven…hell…just in between…
Sarcasm?
Just listening to Pink Floyd…oh by the way which one is Pink…
Shine on u crazy Diamond

By: Devaki Khanna

Devaki Khanna — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:19:43 +0000

Hi, Kassia
I’m excited about the development and growing popularity of the e-book market–I’ve hoped that it would be possible for authors published by Indian publishing houses to make their mark in the West. I’m not referring to the Salman Rushdies or Amitava Ghoshs here, but to those Indian authors who write in Indian languages and get their work translated into English. I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but Rabindranath Tagore, the author of our national anthem, was seen as an avant-garde poet in Bengal till he won the Nobel Prize, because he chose to use simple language, not a literary style, to express himself. Of course, he became a sensation afterwards. So what I’m getting at is the possibility of publishing the works of authors like these in e-book format. I look forward to reading the proceedings of this particular panel.

By: Tools of Change: Smart Women Read Ebooks : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:33:17 +0000

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By: Rae Lori

Rae Lori — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:19:49 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Kassia. I’m definitely interested in seeing more myself. I’m on the West as well and couldn’t attend the conference but I hope to one day make it over there because it seems like the panels, such as this one, are very invaluable.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:18:20 +0000

Very interesting stuff.

I wonder if there is an embarrassment factor that leads readers of erotica and romance novels to gravitate toward e-books?

I think I will have to wait until the readers drop in price, though, before I jump into the market. $360 is a lot–my iPod touch was way cheaper than that.