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tchaibov
 03 Apr 2011, 11:52 #114715 Reply To Post
It does seem, sometimes, like Book News should be re-titled news from the paper-publishing world, as the only time e-books gets mentioned is with some negative story like the Kindle-reading bus driver.

In fact it's been a momentous few weeks in e-publishing.

As Borders US finally collapsed, with hundeds of book store closures, the CEO of Barnes & Noble went on record as stating e-books would be the primary method of book publishing within two years.

Yes, within TWO years.

Amazon confirmed e-books outsold paper books last year, even before their Kindle e-reader took off big time, with over eleven million e-readers sold so far.

Barry Eisler turned down a half million dollar paper publishing deal because he believes he will get a better return with e-publishing.

And Amanda Hocking, who famously sold over a million e-books without an agent or publisher, signed up a two million dollar deal with a paper-publisher to straddle both markets.

Traditional publishing - whether you call it dead-tree, legacy or anything else - is far from finished, but e-books have reached a tipping point.

Don't get left behind by the e-publishing revolution.

There's never been a more exciting time to be a writer!



http://www.markwilliamsinternational.com
Cinnamon
 03 Apr 2011, 14:53 #114722 Reply To Post
Quote: tchaibov, Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 11:52

As Borders US finally collapsed, with hundeds of book store closures, the CEO of Barnes & Noble went on record as stating e-books would be the primary method of book publishing within two years.

Yes, within TWO years.



Link, please? I'd like to read what he said.
E-asy Peasy?
tchaibov
 03 Apr 2011, 20:40 #114736 Reply To Post
Quote: Cinnamon, Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 14:53
Quote: tchaibov, Sunday, 3 Apr 2011 11:52

As Borders US finally collapsed, with hundeds of book store closures, the CEO of Barnes & Noble went on record as stating e-books would be the primary method of book publishing within two years.

Yes, within TWO years.



Link, please? I'd like to read what he said.


Just put "Barnes & Noble: e-books to reign supreme in two years" into google for a zillion write-ups.

Below from electronista.com with their link.

Barnes & Noble executive Marc Parrish in a presentation at GigaOM's Big Data Conference predicted that e-books would dominate book sales in an absolute sense in two years. He expected the industry to "totally shift" sometime within the period based on a combination of rapid device adoption and usage habits. About 18 million e-readers should be sold this year versus just 900,000 in 2009; 30 percent of US readers look at both digital and paper books, according to Forrester and Gartner research.

The claim has largely been supported by digital retailers' own progress. Amazon's Kindle book sales outran paperbacks in January, months ahead of when it expected. Apple also said at its iPad 2 introduction that it had sold over 100 million books since the iBookstore opened in sync with the iPad in early April.

Barnes & Noble itself has been shy on e-book sales numbers but touted an excellent holiday quarter that it owed primarily to both Nook hardware and e-book sales through its own shop.

The paper book has been one of the few holdouts in the digital era and has been helped by its continued usefulness in airplanes and other areas where powered devices aren't practical. However, readers have usually cited the sometimes better book pricing and the sheer conveniences of size and weight as motivators. E-books can also now increasingly bring in new features such as contextual knowledge, online sharing and video.


Read more: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/25/barnes.and.noble.sees.e.books.taking.over.in.2.yrs/#ixzz1IUQTcuyE

If ever there was a time for new writers to take the plunge, it's now.



Don't get left behind by the e-publishing revolution.

There's never been a more exciting time to be a writer!



http://www.markwilliamsinternational.com
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