Comments on: Slasher story for publishers: The Tor lady’s right about costs–but here’s how to cut expenses and boost profits from both e- and p-books http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/comment-page-1/#comment-60675 David Rothman Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:30:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4748#comment-60675 Many thanks for your useful comments, Terry. I guess the interpretation of "less" would depend on "less per part of the CD" or "less when you consider the alternative of having to buy the full CD." It's great that you wrote in to give readers the full picture, which the quote from the study does not. Thanks. David Many thanks for your useful comments, Terry. I guess the interpretation of “less” would depend on “less per part of the CD” or “less when you consider the alternative of having to buy the full CD.” It’s great that you wrote in to give readers the full picture, which the quote from the study does not. Thanks. David

]]> By: Terrence D. McLean http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/comment-page-1/#comment-60674 Terrence D. McLean Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:22:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4748#comment-60674 David, I read through your article and it was very interesting. I however must disagree with one very important fact. Music on iTunes is really cheaper than CDs. iTunes changers $0.99 for each song; if you multiply that by the 18 or so song on a CD and you get $17.82. This is in fact more expensive than most CDs. What iTunes allows is for you to pick and choose specific songs and not force you into the whole CD. That is what makes it cheaper. This proves that people willing to pay original media prices for digital copies if you give them choice. Unfortunately there is not such logic break in eBooks. I believe that this is why eBook must be priced less. Terry David,

I read through your article and it was very interesting. I however must disagree with one very important fact. Music on iTunes is really cheaper than CDs. iTunes changers $0.99 for each song; if you multiply that by the 18 or so song on a CD and you get $17.82. This is in fact more expensive than most CDs. What iTunes allows is for you to pick and choose specific songs and not force you into the whole CD. That is what makes it cheaper. This proves that people willing to pay original media prices for digital copies if you give them choice. Unfortunately there is not such logic break in eBooks. I believe that this is why eBook must be priced less.

Terry

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/comment-page-1/#comment-57701 David Rothman Wed, 10 May 2006 17:37:58 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4748#comment-57701 Thanks, Karl--let's hope the publishers understand that there will indeed be a market for their wares if the costs are reasonable. - David Thanks, Karl–let’s hope the publishers understand that there will indeed be a market for their wares if the costs are reasonable. - David

]]> By: Karl Russell http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/comment-page-1/#comment-57660 Karl Russell Wed, 10 May 2006 00:07:05 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4748#comment-57660 Great editorial, David. As a sales and marketing professional I can not agree more with almost all your points. Drive cost down and increase the bottom line. eBooks make a wonderful way to prove a new author's ability to draw readers. And in some cases it creates a whole new "cult" following with fan ficition. Look at how sucessfull Eric Flint has been with his 1632 project. I can only imagine what would happen if J R Rowlings would open a Harry Potter forum. I personally find eBook to be great way to read books on my pocket PC. I am never without a book and I find it rather annoying that many publishers ignore the whole subject on their website! Well that is my two cents. Great editorial, David. As a sales and marketing professional I can not agree more with almost all your points. Drive cost down and increase the bottom line. eBooks make a wonderful way to prove a new author’s ability to draw readers. And in some cases it creates a whole new “cult” following with fan ficition. Look at how sucessfull Eric Flint has been with his 1632 project. I can only imagine what would happen if J R Rowlings would open a Harry Potter forum.

I personally find eBook to be great way to read books on my pocket PC. I am never without a book and I find it rather annoying that many publishers ignore the whole subject on their website! Well that is my two cents.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/comment-page-1/#comment-56601 David Rothman Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:23:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4748#comment-56601 Thanks, Stephen. I'm all in favor of distributors if they earn their percentages, but it's high time for greater efficiencies. Should e-distribuors get as much as p-distributors if they don't add sufficient value? Meanwhile keep up the great work at Lulu! - David Thanks, Stephen. I’m all in favor of distributors if they earn their percentages, but it’s high time for greater efficiencies. Should e-distribuors get as much as p-distributors if they don’t add sufficient value? Meanwhile keep up the great work at Lulu! - David

]]> By: Stephen Fraser http://www.teleread.org/blog/2006/04/26/slasher-story-for-publishers-the-tor-ladys-right-about-costs-but-heres-how-to-cut-expenses-and-boost-profits-from-both-e-and-p-books/comment-page-1/#comment-56595 Stephen Fraser Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:28:53 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=4748#comment-56595 Hear, hear. Nice editorial, David, especially the bit about driving down costs by removing the distributors. That would also allow the content creators themselves to earn more per unit. Hear, hear. Nice editorial, David, especially the bit about driving down costs by removing the distributors. That would also allow the content creators themselves to earn more per unit.

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