Comments on: Let Readers Share E-Books, And They’ll Really Take Off

By: SuzieHeumann

SuzieHeumann — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:17:22 +0000

Obviously the no-pay scale continues. Stever and Lookman, you are right. Prices are constantly whittled away until we have gotten to the place we are today. Content is not king, middlemen still are. The only way this can work half-well is if the book is a loss-leader for sales tactics to deliver traffic to an up-sell site through multi-media links. Not sure if I ‘Like’ the ever-changing future!

By: Lookman

Lookman — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:24:49 +0000

This is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. Perhaps editors and journalist should work on the diminishing royalties authors have to manage, then more newspapers might be read. A book is one to seven years of someone’s life. Get real!

By: Stever Robbins

Stever Robbins — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:15:32 +0000

I’ll be very curious to see how loaning e-books goes. If I loan Fred my e-book, can I still read it in the meantime? (In which case, it’s just copying.) And if ebook prices are pushing steadily lower, how will authors get compensated? Or will we simply decide that authors shouldn’t be paid for their work and should simply consider it good for “exposure.”

(If you like that idea, imagine if you didn’t get paid for your job except with the promise of some mythical thing called “exposure.” How long would you keep working at it?)