The End of Borders and The Future of Bookselling – BusinessWeek article shows why Borders failed and why it doesn’t mean the demise of bookstores. Every writer should read this.
Another Change in How We Read Books? – Cloud-based book rentals…is it the future?
You Don’t Have to Accept Rejection – Copyblogger makes the case for the Indie route.
Does Your Web Site Use Flash? – If so, then it is time to change. It is no longer supported by Adobe.
Random House of Canada to Try New Book Tour Model – Selling tickets that include the price of the book. Thus the book is “free.”
Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Owns the Web – A fascinating article from Wired magazine.
Kindle’s Cost More to Make than What Amazon Charges – Obviously a “loss leader” that gets readers buying tons from Amazon.
A Fascinating infographic. Enjoy!
From: Media Beat
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Is there anyone besides me that thinks that $3 billion in e-books by 2015 is way off? The increase in sales has already begun to slow and there is a big difference between 9% and 60%. Especially when you consider that only 15% of the people who have a e-reader have stopped buying print books.
The infographic was very interesting. I’m still holding out and don’t have an e-reader yet, mostly because of the reasons listed (the 5 reasons paper books are better than e-books). But I recently attended a conference at which an agent said he thought in 2 years’ time, nearly everyone in the room would have one. I know paper books are not going away, but it seems e-reading is the wave of today and the future.
Lindsay,
I’ve got one and I use it, but the item that isn’t list in that list is probably the biggest one of all. Paper books don’t have to be recharged. The other day, I had planned on taking my Kindle with me to the vehicle repair shop. I had already left home when I opened up the cover and realized the battery was dead. Even with Kindle’s super long battery life (which I love), if you forget to recharge the thing once in a while, you aren’t going to be reading books.
Oh, that must have been a bummer, Timothy!
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