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Continue reading →: Go Read This | E-books overtake US paperbacks
First off, don’t get TOO excited. The figures are very impressive, but they carry some health warnings the three biggest: Ebook sales are undifferentiated whereas print sales are segmented Thess are self reported and not the whole market These may still be seeing post-Christmas loading by new ereading consumers That said,…
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Continue reading →: Another Smart Acquisition By Osprey
Clock this one up to a great real-world play that adds value to an existing portfolio of titles and content while also building on Osprey’s digital potential. Old House seems like the perfect fit for Shire and like some of Bloomsbury’s recent acquisitions the opportunities to create something that extends the brand into digital publishing…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Amazon’s profits are small publishers’ losses | Books | guardian.co.uk
I don’t have much time for this argument, if you lose money on sales through amazon, stop selling through Amazon and develop a new model that doesn’t cost so much! That said, it IS a clear illustration of the tough economics of small publishing! Here are the scary sums: Amazon takes 60%…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Go To Hellman: The Public Broadcasting Model for eBooks
This WILL happen for books. IN fact in some ways it is already starting to happen. The key is forming communities of interested audiences. It’s nicely put by Eric though: The reason this works anyway is that radio has large fixed costs and infinitesimal marginal costs. If the listenership doubles,…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Publishers should improve their royalty rates | FutureBook
Sonia Land tells it like it is. Publishers cannot hope to avoid 50% net for ebooks in the medium term, at the very least on back-list titles: Publishers can so simply redress this threat: their main concern therefore must be to secure book rights and this they can easily do by offering…
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