Comments on: eBook pricing may force an eBook Napster soon http://jeffrutherford.com/ebook-pricing-may-force-an-ebook-napster-soon Strategic media relations for companies large and small Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:53:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rondionne http://jeffrutherford.com/ebook-pricing-may-force-an-ebook-napster-soon/comment-page-1#comment-880 rondionne Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:14:45 +0000 http://jeffrutherford.com/?p=113#comment-880 You are absolutely right about pricing. I've bought some ebooks out of guilt because the reader was a gift. But the prices are certainly offputting and will have to change. You are absolutely right about pricing. I've bought some ebooks out of guilt because the reader was a gift. But the prices are certainly offputting and will have to change.

]]> By: rondionne http://jeffrutherford.com/ebook-pricing-may-force-an-ebook-napster-soon/comment-page-1#comment-749 rondionne Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:14:45 +0000 http://jeffrutherford.com/?p=113#comment-749 You are absolutely right about pricing. I've bought some ebooks out of guilt because the reader was a gift. But the prices are certainly offputting and will have to change. You are absolutely right about pricing. I've bought some ebooks out of guilt because the reader was a gift. But the prices are certainly offputting and will have to change.

]]> By: Undress4Success http://jeffrutherford.com/ebook-pricing-may-force-an-ebook-napster-soon/comment-page-1#comment-732 Undress4Success Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:41:09 +0000 http://jeffrutherford.com/?p=113#comment-732 I'm with you Jeff. The publishing industry has had fair warning that the meteorite is headed this way. If they continue to stand their ground, they'll go the way of the dinosaurs.<br><br>Frankly, I'm amazed that a Napster/PirateBay-like competitor hasn't already eaten them alive. We wrote our first book for a major publisher almost fifteen years ago. Negotiating for the electronic rights at the time was a no-brainer. We made far more in electronic distribution (starting with floppy disks if you can imagine), than they did in book sales. When we wrote our latest book, it was like pulling teeth to get the publisher to even allow us to distribute review copies electronically. <br><br>Can you spell mass extinction? I'm with you Jeff. The publishing industry has had fair warning that the meteorite is headed this way. If they continue to stand their ground, they'll go the way of the dinosaurs.

Frankly, I'm amazed that a Napster/PirateBay-like competitor hasn't already eaten them alive. We wrote our first book for a major publisher almost fifteen years ago. Negotiating for the electronic rights at the time was a no-brainer. We made far more in electronic distribution (starting with floppy disks if you can imagine), than they did in book sales. When we wrote our latest book, it was like pulling teeth to get the publisher to even allow us to distribute review copies electronically.

Can you spell mass extinction?

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