Comments on: 100,000 German books to be offered as e-books http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/02/100000-german-books-to-be-offered-as-e-books/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:04:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A. Buck http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/02/100000-german-books-to-be-offered-as-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-1017004 A. Buck Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:59:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=18065#comment-1017004 I think the latter is far more likely. Over here the publishers are just beginning to pay attention to the possibility that there may be a market for ebooks at all. Remember, we see the first retail market appearance of the sony prs-505 next week. Up to now all ereading devices in germany have been imports by private persons or small resellers. A DRM-free scenario is far beyond the visions of the publishers here yet. Sadly I haven't the time to translate, but there was an interesting article on the blossoming discussion in this online-publication of the german booksellers association about a meeting they held last week: http://www.boersenblatt.net/308965/ All the best from over here ! A. Buck I think the latter is far more likely.

Over here the publishers are just beginning to pay attention to the possibility that there may be a market for ebooks at all. Remember, we see the first retail market appearance of the sony prs-505 next week. Up to now all ereading devices in germany have been imports by private persons or small resellers. A DRM-free scenario is far beyond the visions of the publishers here yet.

Sadly I haven’t the time to translate, but there was an interesting article on the blossoming discussion in this online-publication of the german booksellers association about a meeting they held last week:

http://www.boersenblatt.net/308965/

All the best from over here !

A. Buck

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