December 2011
9 posts
5 Books You Can't Download
Such a bummer.
scribnerbooks:
Because they’re not available as an e-book, and won’t be, for the foreseeable future.
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Surprisingly, I am less sure than this guy on...
I just emailed this post to every single person who works at my company.
towirr:
[The price indie bookstores charge for books] is not a markup. We charge what the publishers ask for the books. We simply can’t strongarm the publishers into giving us better discounts like B&N or discount every title deeply enough that we lose money on all of them in an effort to cut out our competitors, an...
“And how did it become a Kindle Single?
Amazon had sent me an e-mail when they...”
– From NY Mag’s Vulture blog interview with Sloan Crosley about her upcoming Kindle Single. For those not in the know, Kindle Singles are sort of an arm of Amazon publishing. There’s an acquiring editor, and an advance, and the titles are exclusive to Amazon’s digital platform. Not...
“Technology is ruining the holidays. A download is a dud gift (dudload?).
...”
– From today’s Shelf Awareness. I’m hard pressed to think of an ebook advocate who talks so much smack about print books. Wish the reverse were true. Can’t we all just agree that reading is the most important thing?
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