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Re: well, i'd say yes, but no... everynametaken Send a noteboard - 01/09/2009 06:02:14 AM
i have a kindle, and i must say it's way cool that the books are wicked cheap. the thing is, i love having physical books, i love the way they feel. books are an experience that a kindle can't live up to. it's unlikely that they'll truly disappear, ever, no matter what happens... well, not for quite some time anyway. the money problem could be a problem, but... i don't really know how that'll actually play out.


I see it as a change that will take time and end up in something like I suggested in my original note. I could see the fiction market changing first with limited prints going to specific big markets with the other markets getting an immediate paperback print rather than everyone getting hardback first and then paperback later. Anyone in the paperback market could still order a hardback Online.

Eventually, all hardback would be order only. The transition to limited hardcover to order only could be made with special editions like I suggested to encourage people who still want hardcovers to begin ordering Online. The cost in savings could eventually allow publishers to make all Online hardcover releases special editions with extras and so on.

Of course I don't think this will happen like in the next year or anything but in the next decade I could see a definite phasing of all hardcover to Online sales and pre-orders. Probably fiction first and then non-fiction.
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E-books could spell the end for hardbacks, warns Hachette chief everynametaken - 31/08/2009 04:32:35 AM 1141 Views
I wouldn't put too much stock into that anytime soon Larry - 31/08/2009 05:07:02 AM 824 Views
I agree with you very much on that last sentence. Aemon - 31/08/2009 05:50:37 AM 754 Views
Re: I agree with you very much on that last sentence. Bryce - 31/08/2009 08:27:02 AM 743 Views
Re: I agree with you very much on that last sentence. James - 31/08/2009 02:12:37 PM 676 Views
ha! file under trends i have unwittingly become part of... temeraire - 31/08/2009 09:18:39 PM 729 Views
I only buy hardcovers and am willing to pay a premium for them Tom - 31/08/2009 05:11:26 AM 717 Views
I like tradepaper backs too. Haggard - 31/08/2009 05:17:08 AM 714 Views
Re: I like tradepaper backs too. James - 31/08/2009 02:16:25 PM 689 Views
Re: I like tradepaper backs too. everynametaken - 01/09/2009 05:25:35 AM 739 Views
It was Malazan that introduced me to trade paperback, as well. Ghavrel - 01/09/2009 09:01:24 PM 721 Views
You were one person I was thinking about when I posted this. everynametaken - 01/09/2009 05:22:33 AM 740 Views
I doubt hardcopy books are doomed. Haggard - 31/08/2009 05:13:38 AM 751 Views
I don't see it working for a while Ryan - 31/08/2009 05:36:31 AM 658 Views
Re: I doubt hardcopy books are doomed. James - 31/08/2009 02:04:47 PM 763 Views
I don't agree with the comparison. *NM* everynametaken - 01/09/2009 05:31:37 AM 321 Views
I read the majority of my books on a screen these days. Bryce - 31/08/2009 08:29:51 AM 761 Views
How long did it take to get used to? *NM* Haggard - 31/08/2009 09:48:42 PM 317 Views
Re: I read the majority of my books on a screen these days. everynametaken - 01/09/2009 05:37:35 AM 657 Views
I imagine that it's paperbacks which are under more of a threat Mark - 31/08/2009 04:26:26 PM 731 Views
Can you write in the margins of academic ebooks? *NM* Haggard - 31/08/2009 09:50:12 PM 330 Views
I don't write in the margins of any printed book Mark - 01/09/2009 04:24:11 PM 693 Views
Re: I imagine that it's paperbacks which are under more of a threat everynametaken - 01/09/2009 05:46:12 AM 681 Views
Re: I imagine that it's paperbacks which are under more of a threat Mark - 01/09/2009 04:21:08 PM 723 Views
Someday, I would love to see Mossman - 02/09/2009 03:10:39 AM 734 Views
well, i'd say yes, but no... temeraire - 31/08/2009 07:22:51 PM 720 Views
Re: well, i'd say yes, but no... everynametaken - 01/09/2009 06:02:14 AM 702 Views
yeah... one of the cool things is that i no longer have to wait fo paperbacks.... temeraire - 01/09/2009 10:00:19 PM 1072 Views
God, I hope not. I hate reading on screen. *NM* LaSombra - 01/09/2009 07:08:07 PM 473 Views
Agreed. Jayhawk - 02/09/2009 05:29:18 PM 739 Views
I think the flaw in the logic of most publishing companies... Mossman - 02/09/2009 03:05:49 AM 739 Views
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