Comments on: E-book gizmos for biz: S&S using Sony Readers internally, other firms also experimenting http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/21/e-book-gizmos-for-biz-ss-using-sony-readers-internally-other-firms-also-experimenting/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:01:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rob Preece http://www.teleread.org/2008/02/21/e-book-gizmos-for-biz-ss-using-sony-readers-internally-other-firms-also-experimenting/comment-page-1/#comment-720750 Rob Preece Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:49:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/21/e-book-gizmos-for-biz-ss-using-sony-readers-internally-other-firms-also-experimenting/#comment-720750 New York junior editors have really rotten jobs. They aren't paid enough to live in nice nearby apartments, so many of them end up with long commutes. Because business hates waste, the publishers have decided that their junior editors should read submissions during their commutes. That way they can spend their working day in meetings. So, yeah. Let's definitely give them Sony Readers (or Kindles or eBookWises) to let them get some reading done without having to drag around countless pounds of paper. Even better, maybe more of them will start accepting electronic submissions, which will make life that much easier (and cheaper) for authors. (And if you've never mailed off a manuscript, you have no idea how quickly postage costs can add up). I'm glad to see parts of NY are waking up to the possibilities. Rob Preece Publisher, www.BooksForABuck.com New York junior editors have really rotten jobs. They aren’t paid enough to live in nice nearby apartments, so many of them end up with long commutes. Because business hates waste, the publishers have decided that their junior editors should read submissions during their commutes. That way they can spend their working day in meetings.

So, yeah. Let’s definitely give them Sony Readers (or Kindles or eBookWises) to let them get some reading done without having to drag around countless pounds of paper. Even better, maybe more of them will start accepting electronic submissions, which will make life that much easier (and cheaper) for authors. (And if you’ve never mailed off a manuscript, you have no idea how quickly postage costs can add up).

I’m glad to see parts of NY are waking up to the possibilities.

Rob Preece
Publisher, http://www.BooksForABuck.com

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