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I'm not sure I believe this, but Amazon apparently sells more ebooks than both paperback and hardback books (105/100 ratio):
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=15202 http://goo.gl/0oSPk I've been buying all my tech books in digital format(s) and most hip tech shops now give you 4 or more formats: kindle/mobi, pdf, epub, apk (android). And ditto for most of my "junk food" reading: scifi etc. There are a LOT of formats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats And I'm amazed how quickly Amazon and others have provided readers for not just the eBook devices (kindle, nook, etc) but for all computers, phones and the iPad and other tablets. I certainly prefer use of my iPad to my Air for reading .. its just more intimate. And searching is nicer than using indices as long as the reader software is well design and the book well structured. I still HATE the lack of page numbers, for the kindle anyway. I do miss "flipping thru the pages" to find something, however, and many of the formats differ in how well they support images. But its getting there. I do, however, think lots more has to settle for this market to really succeed. Apple, for example is *forcing* Amazon to sell through the iPhone/iPad (iOS device) app rather than through Amazon's store. That sucks and hope it fails in court. And like CDs, media theft remains unsolved. -- Owen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Smashwords.com is a very active, fast-growing ebook publisher. They also push their "Premium content out to the Apple Book Store, Barnes & Noble, Diesel, Amazon, Sony, and other ebook retailers. You can purchase a book from Smashwoords in html, .mobi, .epub, .pdf, .txt, and several other formats. Here's one fine example of Smashwords' "junk food" offerings: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/58871
Smashwords published 232 new books yesterday, and their throughput seems to be increasing daily. They just quadrupled the capacity of their "Meatgrinder" which takes the input offering, checks it for style guide compliance, and then converts it to all the supported formats.
--Doug
-- Doug Roberts [hidden email] [hidden email] On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote: I'm not sure I believe this, but Amazon apparently sells more ebooks than both paperback and hardback books (105/100 ratio): ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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In reply to this post by Owen Densmore
Once I've finished a paperback ( particularly a "junk food" one) I like to give it away. Either to a friend I guess will enjoy it or simply abandoning it in a coffee shop. There doesn't seem to be an equivalent for kindle. It just reminds me that you never really get to own a kindle ebook, you only get to lease it at Amazon's pleasure. Not quite the same.... - R On May 20, 2011 2:01 PM, "Owen Densmore" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I'm not sure I believe this, but Amazon apparently sells more ebooks than both paperback and hardback books (105/100 ratio): > http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=15202 > http://goo.gl/0oSPk > > I've been buying all my tech books in digital format(s) and most hip tech shops now give you 4 or more formats: kindle/mobi, pdf, epub, apk (android). And ditto for most of my "junk food" reading: scifi etc. > > There are a LOT of formats: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats > And I'm amazed how quickly Amazon and others have provided readers for not just the eBook devices (kindle, nook, etc) but for all computers, phones and the iPad and other tablets. > > I certainly prefer use of my iPad to my Air for reading .. its just more intimate. And searching is nicer than using indices as long as the reader software is well design and the book well structured. I still HATE the lack of page numbers, for the kindle anyway. > > I do miss "flipping thru the pages" to find something, however, and many of the formats differ in how well they support images. But its getting there. > > I do, however, think lots more has to settle for this market to really succeed. Apple, for example is *forcing* Amazon to sell through the iPhone/iPad (iOS device) app rather than through Amazon's store. That sucks and hope it fails in court. And like CDs, media theft remains unsolved. > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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Yeah. Both my mom and my aunt got a Kindle this year. It's kind of killed the "book as Christmas/birthday present" for me. I mean, once you take away the physical gift and the wrapping, you might as well just skip buying a particular book, and buy a gift certificate instead. And that is never very satisfying.
I wonder if Christmas sales (which have traditionally been huge for publishers) will be affected as eReaders gain ground. -Ted
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Robert Holmes <[hidden email]> wrote:
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Interesting response. After I got my Kindle, which I had been resisting for at least a year, I went on a book buying spree, and am reading lots more than I had been. It's just so convenient to search for and buy interesting books online.
Yes, I still like the musty smell and treasure hunt experience of browsing in used book stores, but...
--Doug On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Ted Carmichael <[hidden email]> wrote: Yeah. Both my mom and my aunt got a Kindle this year. It's kind of killed the "book as Christmas/birthday present" for me. I mean, once you take away the physical gift and the wrapping, you might as well just skip buying a particular book, and buy a gift certificate instead. And that is never very satisfying. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org |
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