A heads-up from Ben Johncock tells me that no less than Nicholas Clee has been writing in the New Statesman about the transition from tangible to electronic books. (I’ve been struggling to find an official link to the piece; here’s an unofficial-looking one.) It’s fair to say that Nicholas Clee is traditional in his perspective. [...]
Probably not. But the data for sales of my novel, Déjà Vu, which I’ve published on the Kindle, iBooks and Smashwords, point to a sales ratio of about 1000:1. Kindle Sales Déjà Vu unit sales per month, beginning in March, are: 320, 938, 915, 738, 844, 643 and 581. Smashwords (this includes Barnes and Noble, [...]
Further to my review of the COOL-ER eBook Reader, it’s worth noting that, elsewhere, the Internet is lighting up with comments, speculation and reviews about the coming storm in publishing that is the digitisation of literature. Check out this MacWorld story. It outlines the ten new ebook readers announced or released at CES this week. [...]
Here’s an interesting presentation by Dutch Internet strategist Freek Bijl on how vertical integration between the iTunes music store and the iPod might be applied to publishing, with reference to the fabled Apple tablet device. ► How Would Apple Change Publishing? Here’s One Theory | Cult of Mac
The Guardian’s Technology column has a few words on the apparent reluctance of the public to embrace e-books. They cite this parallel with the nascent digital music industry. The real reason that the music industry came around to the idea of downloads wasn’t because they had a startling insight into the future, or even because [...]