Announcement came from MacMillan Publishing that they are going to be delaying ebook release on some titles but are going to be creating premium ebooks with added content to be released with hardcovers. There's been talk the past few months about this sort of possibility, from "I just want the damn text" to "it depends on what this added content is ( Read more... )

Today Hachette Books and Simon&Schuster annonced that they would be delaying release of ebooks on a number of their hardcovers by four months. This will undoubtedly annoy the vast number of folks who read ebooks and are getting used to the notion of downloading new releases on release day. In the article, it was stated that this is being done to ( Read more... )

There has been a flood of commentary in recent months over digital books. They spell the doom of traditional publishing. They have annoying drm making them far too difficult to share with others. They aren't available across multiple devices. They're too expensive. Plenty of knowledgeable folk have weighed in both pro and con on the advantages, ( Read more... )

My previous post and Lynn Viehl's comments about my experiment in formatting has me thinking today about whole 'split' as it were between reading in digital format compared to the printed book. There has been commentary ad nauseum over the merits and comparisons between the two. There are those who hold steadfastly to the touch, feel, and richness ( Read more... )

Author Lynn Viehl speaks about the experiment in formatting I've been doing with my fantasy novel. Yay! Always fun to have other authors talk about you. I'm continuing to look at ways to make the ebook experience something different. I think the possibilities, especially in the spec fic market are extensive right now. This is somewhat limited by ( Read more... )

le'sigh...one of these days someone will post a reply. Wish I had a prize for whomever that wonderful person might be ( Read more... )

Saw today that you can now upload your Kindle books to your ipod. The dawn of convenience reading is at hand. Lots of potential and interesting changes are coming with this developing technology. It won't be long before people will be subscribing to a reader service, which will send first chapter and reviews to your phone in a chosen genre so you ( Read more... )

Fascinating topic. Will be for some time I expect, since this issue is pretty much in a state of flux, as my limited knowledge views it anyway. Publishing online is a different animal compared to paper. Is there loss of revenue in paper format due to free distribution? Sure, books get loaned out and passed along all the time, but definitely not to ( Read more... )