Comments on: eBook pricing may force an eBook Napster soon

By: Mike Turner

Mike Turner — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:29:00 +0000

nice and informative article, thanks =)
But there’s no point of buying eBooks when you can get them for free… i would recommended http://www.myfree-ebooks.org/ they have loads of free eBooks with resale rights

By: rondionne

rondionne — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:14:45 +0000

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

rondionne — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:14:45 +0000

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

Undress4Success — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:41:09 +0000

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?