Have you heard? Barnes & Noble bought Fictionwise. There’s an article about it at Reuters Xin qi long zhu film
. So I’m wondering… What does that mean to us? How will it affect ebook readers and e-published writers.
Part of me wants to think that NY and the movers and shakers of the publishing and bookselling world are finally reading the writing on the wall. They have smelled the coffee and awakened to the 21st century. Ebooks are the wave of the future. They will eventually be the primary media whether we like it or not. As much as I love my paperbacks, the tree-huggers will eventually make paper books a thing of the past.
Don’t get me wrong, I love ebooks, too. It’s just that I currently don’t own (and can’t afford) an ebook reader or one of those fancy digital devices like a Palm Pilot or iPhone that will read them. I read ebooks on my laptop, and that works fine at home, but it’s a hassle to try and take it with you. Paperbacks are far more portable.
Anyway, if the “powers that be” of the publishing world have finally gotten with the program, that’s a good thing for epublished authors and fans of ebooks. It would mean more recognition, more exposure, more acceptance, more respect…
But there’s a little part of me I think of as my “inner cynic” or my “closet conspiracy theorist” that wonders if B&N thinks it can kill the competition by buying them out. LOL
The Square Peg dvdrip So what do you think? What do you think this news means for the publishing world? How do think it will affect readers/writers? SIS download
Nita
Nita, guess I’ll be the first to post on this subject. Honestly I don’t know what this means, especially with our economy so shaky. Could be they finally see the writing on the wall, realize this is where we’re going. [e-books] But it could also mean that they’ve taken advantage of another companies financial woes. Who knows?
I’m sure that paperbacks will be fewer and farther between in the future. Trees won’t be plentiful forever, and to me, our environment is more important than the convenience of holding a paperback in my hand.
Like everything else, I’ll just have to suck it up, go with the flow. lol. Even though I prefer paper, I am an e-published author and see this as our future. It’ll be interesting to watch the events as they unfold.
I agree, Lisa. I do hope this is good news for epublished authors.
Maybe soon I can get an eReader. I’d buy all my books in ebook if I had one. 🙂 The idea of being able to carry around hundreds of books at a time makes me a bit giddy. LOL
Yes it does. I especially like the looks of the new Kindle 2. Just wish it wasn’t so expensive. Slimline and sleek,it would fit so nicely in my purse. lol. As with other new products…prices will come down. 🙂
I’ll keep this short. By this point, anything and everything that can be said has, I’m sure. This is my first Kindle, and I’m hooked. The only real concern I had before it came was that the size of the screen would be too small for pleasant reading. When you first take it out of the box, it does seem a bit small, but when text is on it, it’s just fine. The text on the screen looks great, too…All in all, It’s a great product. It goes with me everywhere. Very quickly, it feels like a natural reading experience. Highly recommended.