Re: "The Elusive E-book"

From: "Aaron Walker"
I agree with your last question wholeheartedly Joseph.

...........

I do not believe we should ever charge as much for an e-book as a 
paper book since we don't have the same financial obligations to 
get that book in the hands of reading customers. But e-books do 
have value.

The people who write them deserve to be paid for their work, 
insights and creativity. As e-publishers, we deserve to make a 
living by providing quality reading material to any one who is 
interested.

We should stop acting and accepting the role big publishers are 
pushing us to accept. Or soon, we will end up like the small, 
independent book sellers of days gone by.
Aaron J. WalkerPublisher
http://www.walkbroadpublishing.com



Aaron,

I do understand where you are coming from on this, though I don't 
agree that the pbook is a waste of trees - but that for another 
post.

I am not sure you have tied up two parts of your comment.   You 
rightly point out the contributors to a book need paying, and 
that includes the author.   But you seem to give a low priority 
to sales.

Now, even if the author can recieve a higher percentage of each 
sale, it still takes a reasonable total to give a decent return. 
If you are a publisher you have already done some gatekeeping, 
and selected books you think worth your own time to publish, so 
we are not talking of the model used by the newcomer Smashwords 
[and good luck with that Mark].

And this reflects on your last paragraph;  doesn't that need a 
very professional approach, both as publisher and as business, 
and doesn't that mean getting ebook publishers together to 
promote the concept?

Joseph Harris





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