More on Hardcover Sales Decreasing and Ebooks Rising! - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T06:40:27Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/more-on-hardcover-sales?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A256035&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMy new house has tons of book…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-12:537324:Comment:2560352010-11-12T03:13:53.047ZEric Christophersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
My new house has tons of bookshelves, something I would've killed for just two years ago, now with rare exceptions I buy digital and all that empty space will be filled with knick-knacks and photos, etc.
My new house has tons of bookshelves, something I would've killed for just two years ago, now with rare exceptions I buy digital and all that empty space will be filled with knick-knacks and photos, etc. In general, I feel that e-boo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-11:537324:Comment:2560282010-11-11T22:18:43.200ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
In general, I feel that e-book buyers and hc-buyers are two different groups of people. Either way, it doesn't make sense for a publisher to demand one-year delays for e-books. The main sales for a new release are pretty well over within a month. (I say "demand" because I have the e-rights on my two most recent hcs.)
In general, I feel that e-book buyers and hc-buyers are two different groups of people. Either way, it doesn't make sense for a publisher to demand one-year delays for e-books. The main sales for a new release are pretty well over within a month. (I say "demand" because I have the e-rights on my two most recent hcs.) In the past two weeks I bough…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-11:537324:Comment:2560262010-11-11T22:08:14.420ZJohn McFetridgehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMcF
In the past two weeks I bought two new books just out in hardcover (Elmore Leonard's <i>Djibouti</i> and Keith Richards' <i>Life</i>) as e-books. The hardcovers were around thirty dollars and the e-books were ten.<br />
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I suppose last year the e-books would have come out at the same time as the paperbacks - a year after the hardcovers - and I would have either taken the books out of the library or waited a year and then maybe picked them but probably not. It's likely that by making these books…
In the past two weeks I bought two new books just out in hardcover (Elmore Leonard's <i>Djibouti</i> and Keith Richards' <i>Life</i>) as e-books. The hardcovers were around thirty dollars and the e-books were ten.<br />
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I suppose last year the e-books would have come out at the same time as the paperbacks - a year after the hardcovers - and I would have either taken the books out of the library or waited a year and then maybe picked them but probably not. It's likely that by making these books available right away for ten bucks thay made a couple of sales they wouldn't otherwise have made.<br />
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I Yes, I saw this also. We're i…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-11:537324:Comment:2560052010-11-11T18:35:03.712ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Yes, I saw this also. We're in a recession, and publishers are panicking. Or maybe it's the midlist authors who are panicking. I think we'll all have to grit our teeth for a year or so.
Yes, I saw this also. We're in a recession, and publishers are panicking. Or maybe it's the midlist authors who are panicking. I think we'll all have to grit our teeth for a year or so.