Paper Books Deprecated in My House
This was originally a post on Google+.
Ebook detractors say “I want the of a paper book.” Example from my life earlier today:
I was walking past Books-A-Million and they had the sales racks rolled out in front of the store. These books are priced at …
Rejected Arguments in Ebook Pricing Debates
I discuss ebook pricing and publisher adoption/non-adoption of ebooks on this blogs. There are a few anti-patterns in the comments I get, so I’m posting this as documented and published ground rules for these debates. If you make one of these points, you’ve already lost.
Arguments Rejected Out of Hand
Argument 1: “Just check it out …
What a Long Podcast Queue Means To Me
Obsessive podcast dork post warning – if you are uninterested in the deep miscellany of how one listener handles his podcasts, this post may not be for you.
Some time ago Garrick van Buren asked me about what a long podcast queue means to me. I had posted about the fact that my listening queue …
Weightless Books Sitewide Sale
Indie ebook retailer Weightless Books ran a 25% off sale for the week between Xmas and New Years Day. However, they still have the sale banner up and I made a purchase yesterday and was still able to use the coupon code, which is “25off” . There is some good stuff in here, particularly …
Tags: calibre, ebooks, weightless booksPublishing 2010: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
This post is my attempt to distill together many different threads into a common tapestry. There is a lot of turbidity in the publishing, podcasting, music, film, television worlds right now. I have these feeling that every bit of this is all part of a larger whole and I’m going to take a stab …
Tags: akismet, amazon, ebooks, jakonrath, jchutchins, kindle, macmillan, publishing, st martins press, sterling editingA Decade of Ebook Arguments
In 1998, I left my job at Intel for a job with an ebook startup called JStream. It was in many ways my dream job, and of every one I’ve held it was the one I’d get excited on Sunday night because I got to go back in on Monday morning. It was a …
Tags: book crossing, ebooks, fictionwise, kindle, reality break podcast