RE: "The Elusive E-book"

But Kent, continually giving them away will get them used to the idea of e-books being free. It is very hard to start charging anyone for anything if they are used to getting it for free.
Aaron J. WalkerPublisher
http://www.walkbroadpublishing.com


To: ebook-community-hHKSG33Tihig7M29m/[email protected]: [email protected]: Fri, 9 May 2008 17:20:10 -0400Subject: Re: [ebook-community] "The Elusive E-book"




At 9:19 AM -0400 5/9/08, you wrote:>>The ebook segment is currently miniscule. A modest publishing house,>like FSG was before Holtzbrink bought it, will sell more than the>entire ebook industry. BUT it's growing, and it has features that>make it important to the future of small press publishing, as well as>potentially a replacement for all paperback publishing, IMO.>>Still, if that is to happen, only the sales of books will help.>Giving books away may get more people interested in reading ebooks,>but I think it increases the chance that ebooks never become>significant.>>Marion Gropen>Gropen Associates, Inc.Marion I assume you mean in terms of interest among the large publishers.It seems to me that giving away free ebooks does have a role, if people have devices to read them on. Won't free ebooks encourage the public to get used to using these devices, and get them used to the concept of ebooks?Or do you think that has already happened, and that the next step (developing a pay-for market) needs to happen now?Just curious.Kent 






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