Keith Rich Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Yes, ebooks are the future. At the moment the biggest market for ebooks is the USA and this is the market we are now targetting. 70% of all ebooks sold are sold in the US. I believe the UK only sells 5 %. Keith. http://www.epublishingonline.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyleys Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Just a thought, but would Keith consider a collection of short stories, written by the SFWG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Blanco Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I doubt it would appeal to the American audience, Mr C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyleys Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I doubt it would appeal to the American audience, Mr C. Why? After all, the only difference between a full length novel and short story is the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantomas Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I think a big use for these will be to read a daily newspaper on - I'd happily subscribe to be able to have a copy of the day's paper already downloaded onto my e-reader when I get up. As most newspapers are crapping themselves over how they're going to continue to pay for themselves with dropping advertising revenues and more people reading for free over the internet I think this will be a big driver. Have a look at what the NY Times have done with their Air application to see the sort of thing I'm on about: http://timesreader.nytimes.com/timesreader/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Just a thought, but would Keith consider a collection of short stories, written by the SFWG? If you check out our home page you will find lots of publishers looking for authors. http://www.epublishingonline.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyleys Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I take it that’s a no then. It was just a thought for the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantaspook Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 if Apple ever launch their version the whole lot could be blown out of the water… And here it is… Apple unveils the Ipad Ipad in pictures Apple's Ipad to kickstart the tablet market. - a good demo What Stephen Fry thinks of the Ipad. "The firm has also done a deal with publishers including Penguin, Macmillan and Harper Collins to allow e-books to be downloaded directly to the device through a new iBook Store." It looks to be a nice piece of kit, what does everybody else think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Rich Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I take it that’s a no then. It was just a thought for the group. No I didn't mean it that way. Its just that we are cutting down on taking new authors in order to concentrate on promoting the (much) bigger sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyleys Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 It looks to be a nice piece of kit, what does everybody else think? It really is a nice piece of kit, full marks to Apple on this one. But to be fair it’s not an e-reader,- although it can be used as one - it’s a computer and so we shouldn’t put it in the same category as Sony, Kindle or whatever. --------------------- Having said that the price is not far off the mark. Staring at $499, just over 300 quid, it’s worth thinking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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