Posted on 12/16/2009 6:28:30 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies
Ever since electronic books emerged as a major growth market, New York’s largest publishing houses have worried that big-name authors might sign deals directly with e-book retailers or other new ventures, bypassing traditional publishers entirely.
Now, one well-known author is doing just that.
Stephen R. Covey, one of the most successful business authors of the last two decades, has moved e-book rights for two of his best-selling books from his print publisher, Simon & Schuster, a division of the CBS Corporation, to a digital publisher that will sell the e-books to Amazon.com for one year.
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The move promises to raise the already high anxiety level among publishers about the economics of digital publishing and could offer authors a way to earn more profits from their works than they do under the traditional system.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Its great to have a couple of dozen classic books in your phone, totally free, of course you can buy the modern crap as well if you want but at least you don't have to shell out $300 for a reader.
The Nook that I saw a presentation on at the Barnes and Noble store has a clip on light as an accessory. They say that by not lighting the background, it enhances the “experience” of reading (ie. closer to the real thing), but I would have liked the option.
That makes sense and I figured that someone would have thought of that. I just hadn't heard of it before. Encouraging.
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