eBook Quickies

I have a bunch of eBook stories hanging around here, all of which are worth a quick read over.

Random House turns to niche e-book sales on how they want to target niche audiences with smaller books online.
(note: If you read this story, a 380×335 ad is obscene, no more News.com from me).



Here\’s One Healthy E-Publisher, FictionWise is doing just fine, with over 400 titles and sales topping 10,000 e-books a month.



Going Beyond the Book is now The McGraw-Hill Companies\’ approach to e-publishing.
There is an Interesting quote from this PublishersWeekly story, plus one more story below.

I have a bunch of eBook stories hanging around here, all of which are worth a quick read over.

Random House turns to niche e-book sales on how they want to target niche audiences with smaller books online.
(note: If you read this story, a 380×335 ad is obscene, no more News.com from me).



Here\’s One Healthy E-Publisher, FictionWise is doing just fine, with over 400 titles and sales topping 10,000 e-books a month.



Going Beyond the Book is now The McGraw-Hill Companies\’ approach to e-publishing.
There is an Interesting quote from this PublishersWeekly story, plus one more story below.\”Publishing used to be based on the economics of scarcity. Information was just plain hard to get. Look, for example, at international book distribution. Until very recently, we would mark up a U.S. book by as much as 40% even in Europe! Why? Because if you wanted it you would pay that much for it, because you couldn\’t get it any other way. Now you can get the book via the Web or on your visits to N.Y.C., and the book can be shipped to Europe fairly cheaply and quickly. With electronic publishing, we are witnessing the beginning of the end of information scarcity.\”

The Free E-Book Market Economy from idg.net has both good news, and bad news for the eBook world. A new study shows that a large percentage of Americans are willing to read books on a variety of electronic platforms, including laptops, PDAs and dedicated e-book devices. They just won\’t pay for them.