By Maryann Yin on Galley Cat, May 24, 2011
The High Low tackled one of the toughest questions facing publishers: “Will eBooks become the next Napster?” They quoted some surprising statistics.
Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
2 comments:
There isn’t much of a price difference between the print & electronic version – so maybe, downloading books illegally is what the e-readers resort to, mainly to save money, having paid a price for a nook or kindle already.
With e-book readers in the market, this should have been foreseen.
An interesting article on e-books v/s paperbacks: http://librarywalablogs.blogspot.com/2011/04/papreabcks-and-harbacks-vs-e-books.html
This is a greater threat to the writer than to the musician, because musicians can still make money on live performances. A few writers do well on the lecture circuit, but most, if they don't get paid for what they write, can't get paid for performing it.
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