Comments on: Robert Nagle: Geek conference notes http://www.teleread.org/2006/03/23/robert-nagle-geek-conference-notes/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:34:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.teleread.org/2006/03/23/robert-nagle-geek-conference-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-52628 Richard Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:18:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4527#comment-52628 “Now that I have a large number of portable devices, will the industry start to standardize the types of batteries and rechargers?” And almost to the point, will they make then user-replaceable? Companies don't really give a thought to what we'll do with the device we buy today three years down the line, because they really want us buying a new device in three years time. “Now that I have a large number of portable devices, will the industry start to standardize the types of batteries and rechargers?”

And almost to the point, will they make then user-replaceable?

Companies don’t really give a thought to what we’ll do with the device we buy today three years down the line, because they really want us buying a new device in three years time.

]]> By: bowerbird http://www.teleread.org/2006/03/23/robert-nagle-geek-conference-notes/comment-page-1/#comment-52621 bowerbird Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:13:53 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4527#comment-52621 robert said: > (That’s one advantage to signing with a major publisher, apparently). actually, it's more an advantage of doing a large press run. and yes, you also have to be smart enough to know that giving away those copies will "prime the pump" for sales. but it's a lot easier to "receive" that enlightenment when your per-book cost is twenty cents instead of two dollars. dan poynter has been telling self-publishers for years that they absolutely must do a large press run out of the gate, and go the p.o.d. route only _after_ that first run (if then), so their unit-cost is low enough that they'll seed reviewers... -bowerbird robert said:
> (That’s one advantage to signing with a major publisher, apparently).

actually, it’s more an advantage of doing a large press run.

and yes, you also have to be smart enough to know that
giving away those copies will “prime the pump” for sales.
but it’s a lot easier to “receive” that enlightenment when
your per-book cost is twenty cents instead of two dollars.

dan poynter has been telling self-publishers for years that
they absolutely must do a large press run out of the gate,
and go the p.o.d. route only _after_ that first run (if then),
so their unit-cost is low enough that they’ll seed reviewers…

-bowerbird

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