http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house-aims-to-attack-digital-emerging-ebooks-markets/ The economics of digital content Fri, 24 May 2013 15:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house-aims-to-attack-digital-emerging-ebooks-markets/#comment-167864 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:38:19 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219758#comment-167864 does anyone have an infographic that displays the major players in the industry now?

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house-aims-to-attack-digital-emerging-ebooks-markets/#comment-167466 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:20:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219758#comment-167466 I understand the motivation derived from trying to deal with Amazon. Amazon is certainly no angel. It is the Big Dog on the block and no friend to the publishers which indirectly impacts the authors.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house-aims-to-attack-digital-emerging-ebooks-markets/#comment-167444 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:59:56 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219758#comment-167444 Makinson to Chairman, nice job rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic IMHO

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house-aims-to-attack-digital-emerging-ebooks-markets/#comment-167410 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:48:25 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219758#comment-167410 I feel sorry for all of the editors, art directors, etc–basically, the middle men who get squeezed after authors get squeezed–who are going to be dumped into the unemployment line by this merger.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/29/penguin-random-house-aims-to-attack-digital-emerging-ebooks-markets/#comment-167394 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:41:44 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=219758#comment-167394 This is what I fear – the merger has the potential to screw over consumers with regards to e-book pricing. I’ve completely avoided buying Penguin e-books because more often than not, they’ve been priced substantially higher than the print edition on Amazon.

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