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| eBooks: Pro and Con; Two different articles | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Jul 22 2009, 06:26 AM Post #1 |
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Weird. I read this article in WSJ a week or so ago: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124744388627630253.html Here's the meat of it:
But you hear this sort of thing all the time, too:
Honestly I think they're asking the wrong kind of questions. It's a different format, folks. eBooks have some features that books cannot provide. The opposite is also true. Both have their place, and as usual companies are making some mistakes as they figure them out, but ah well, that's the way it works. I personally think that eBooks can really pave the way for novellas, short stories and maybe even poetry. Does anybody know where the short story section is in their local Borders? Do they even have one? The beauty of on-line shopping, though, is that short works will be just as within reach as the stuff on the NYT bestseller list. |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| Jolly | Jul 22 2009, 05:31 PM Post #2 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Baen has found having a free library of ebooks actually increases sales of an author's backlist. The library: http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm |
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