The eReader Megathread: Yes, all publishers hate Canada

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tonelok: Sep 29, 2001; Hanukkah came early this year.

madprocess posted:

The publishers are going to have to suck it up just like the music industry did and sell for cheaper than they "like" because that's where the market is. Devaluing books is code for WAH IM A BIG BABY IN A THREE PIECE SUIT AND ANYTHING MORE COMPLEX THAN A VCR SCARES ME.

They need to suck it up and think about how much money used book stores and chains are making off of used books (not to mention the used markets on Amazon and eBay). The publishers get nothing out of used book sales and they need to stop and think about that fact when it comes to pricing and look at what they can do price-wise on the older books, or books that have been out for six months or a year.

It gets even more interesting when you look at the top sellers since so many get bought and then sold on the used market for incredibly cheap prices.

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tonelok: Sep 29, 2001; Hanukkah came early this year.

Asus is putting out a 9-inch ebook reader.

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According to the Taiwanese company, the new e-reader is highly portable and has a long battery life. It is less than 10mm thick and weighs just 440g. Its 2GB of internal storage (expandable via SD Card) can store up to 5000 ebooks and the two-week battery life is long enough to read 20 novels back-to-back between recharges.

It's called the Eee Reader DR900, it's using SiPix as it's technology, and it's got a capacitive touch screen. Have not looked up price, but I would imagine it's pricey with a touchscreen that size.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2010 16:02

tonelok: Sep 29, 2001; Hanukkah came early this year.

withak posted:

There was an interview with Jeff Bezos a while back where he said that they consider the Kindle device and the ebooks themselves to be completely separate markets. They want to sell you hardware if they can but they are also happy to sell you books to read on someone else's hardware.

Yeah, it's a similar view to Amazon willing to allow third parties to sell through Amazon.com, up to and including the "fulfillment" stuff where the third parties are storing their inventory in Amazon.com warehouses.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2010 18:13

tonelok: Sep 29, 2001; Hanukkah came early this year.

And I just saw something about Borders buying out B&N, with specific mention of the eBook stuff :psyduck:

This mentions the buy out, but not necessarily eBook stuff (just mentions Kindle)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/borders-holder-pershing-square-offers-to-finance-barnes-noble-takeover.html

# ¿ Dec 6, 2010 19:22

tonelok: Sep 29, 2001; Hanukkah came early this year.

The Aphasian posted:

I understand the reasoning behind DRM (although I believe you should always make it easier for people to buy and use things legally than just pirate), but a limited number of digital copies at a publicly funded library never made sense to me.

Libraries have to purchase individual copies of physical books, and the publishers aren't just going to let them buy one copy of a ebook and distribute to as many people as they want. Library sales aren't as big as Amazon or B&N, but they are still sales, and publishers are still going to get money from them.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2010 08:56

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