Comments on: Digital books are already here http://futurismic.com/2009/02/04/digital-books-are-already-here/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Clark Richardson http://futurismic.com/2009/02/04/digital-books-are-already-here/comment-page-1/#comment-18582 Clark Richardson Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:37:25 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5944#comment-18582 Right on the money Right on the money

]]> By: Rick York http://futurismic.com/2009/02/04/digital-books-are-already-here/comment-page-1/#comment-18470 Rick York Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:50:19 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5944#comment-18470 What we really need is a sub $100 ereader about the size of a trade paperback. So far, the only thing that comes close is one I just read about (sorry can't remember the name) for $260. The Kindle is around $350. If you want a networked ereader, make the feature an add-on for say $50. I find it hard to believe that no one has come up with one. Why not offer a freebie for a two year subscription at $15-$25 per month - for two books? I'd jump at it. Where's Fictionwise? Ebooks will continue to find slow growth until someone comes up with a cheap reader, and publishers acknowledge that most people won't pay the same price for an ebook as they paid for the print version. Hope springs eternal. What we really need is a sub $100 ereader about the size of a trade paperback. So far, the only thing that comes close is one I just read about (sorry can’t remember the name) for $260. The Kindle is around $350. If you want a networked ereader, make the feature an add-on for say $50.

I find it hard to believe that no one has come up with one. Why not offer a freebie for a two year subscription at $15-$25 per month – for two books? I’d jump at it. Where’s Fictionwise?

Ebooks will continue to find slow growth until someone comes up with a cheap reader, and publishers acknowledge that most people won’t pay the same price for an ebook as they paid for the print version.

Hope springs eternal.

]]> By: Screen Sleuth http://futurismic.com/2009/02/04/digital-books-are-already-here/comment-page-1/#comment-18458 Screen Sleuth Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:06:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5944#comment-18458 It's here already, but big publishers aren't embracing it because they can't charge the margins they charge for paper books (or at least be able to justify it). It'll happen eventually for economic reasons, but big houses will be dragged kicking and screaming. It’s here already, but big publishers aren’t embracing it because they can’t charge the margins they charge for paper books (or at least be able to justify it). It’ll happen eventually for economic reasons, but big houses will be dragged kicking and screaming.

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