Comments on: On CIA families, public libraries, and the ‘right books’ for the e-focused young http://www.teleread.org/2008/07/28/on-cia-families-public-libraries-and-the-right-book-for-the-e-distracted-young/ 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: BooksOnBoard http://www.teleread.org/2008/07/28/on-cia-families-public-libraries-and-the-right-book-for-the-e-distracted-young/comment-page-1/#comment-865802 BooksOnBoard Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:17:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/28/on-cia-families-public-libraries-and-the-right-book-for-the-e-distracted-young/#comment-865802 We encourage kids to pick up eBooks by offering various incentives on our site. Unfortunately, eBook retailers do not necessarily receive the support they need from the publishing industry. As of 5:20 p.m. Eastern Time July 29, Stephenie Meyer's publisher advised the eBook industry that the eBook release of Breaking Dawn, her much-anticipated latest novel in the Twilight series, will be delayed a day until August 3rd. The hard copy release will still go forward August 2nd. This lag in release time has to do with concerns about eBooks getting to eBook customers in certain time zones before the hard copy book is available. We're extremely concerned about the fact that publishers are treating eBook customers differently from paper book customers, and we encourage everyone to write to Hachette Book Group USA and let them know that eBook readers are a force to be reckoned with. Some articles about this: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6583476.html?nid=2286&source=link&rid=1216161114 http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/Books?oid=oid%3A654582 We encourage kids to pick up eBooks by offering various incentives on our site. Unfortunately, eBook retailers do not necessarily receive the support they need from the publishing industry. As of 5:20 p.m. Eastern Time July 29, Stephenie Meyer’s publisher advised the eBook industry that the eBook release of Breaking Dawn, her much-anticipated latest novel in the Twilight series, will be delayed a day until August 3rd.

The hard copy release will still go forward August 2nd. This lag in release time has to do with concerns about eBooks getting to eBook customers in certain time zones before the hard copy book is available.

We’re extremely concerned about the fact that publishers are treating eBook customers differently from paper book customers, and we encourage everyone to write to Hachette Book Group USA and let them know that eBook readers are a force to be reckoned with.

Some articles about this:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6583476.html?nid=2286&source=link&rid=1216161114
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/Books?oid=oid%3A654582

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