Posts Tagged eBooks
Digital Rights Management = cartelisation? Good question.
Posted by Leticia in Books, Publishing on August 12th, 2009
The word ‘cartel’ is so old-school that it seems almost strange to be digging it up out of the lexicon and applying it to digital books. But that’s exactly what I’m going to do, to illustrate the point that ebooks, by dint of DRM, are priced disgustingly high. In recent conversations on Twitter, in which [...]
eBooks & publishers: priced out of the market
Posted by Leticia in Books, Media, Publishing on April 3rd, 2009
eBooks are a relatively contentious subject. Some believe that they will spell the end of real books. Others believe that they help book sales. Still others think that if eBooks are to be popular, there needs to be a rethink on price. In a report in the Summer 2008/09 Bookseller & Publisher about the Frankfurt [...]
