Friday, July 23, 2010
eBook Update
Iconic Books, Such as John Updike's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Rabbit Series and Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita," Now Available Electronically for the First Time Ever, Exclusively in the Kindle Store - MarketWatch: "Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN 106.72, -13.35, -11.12%) today announced that The Wylie Agency is publishing 20 books from some of literature's most influential authors through its new Odyssey Editions imprint (www.odysseyeditions.com) and making them available for sale exclusively in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore). This is the first time any of the titles--which include Norman Mailer's 'The Naked and the Dead,' Philip Roth's 'Portnoy's Complaint' and Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man'--have been available electronically, and all of the books are exclusive to the Kindle Store for two years. Starting today, customers can download these books for $9.99 from the Kindle Store and read them everywhere--on their Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac, iPad and Android devices."
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3 comments:
The Rolling Stones and the Eagles signed exclusive distribution contracts with BEST BUY so why not exclusive distribution contracts with AMAZON for ebooks. Makes business sense.
George knows more about business than I ever will, but I would think anyone selling anything would want it available to potential buyers in the most outlets possible. The "I have it for sale if you can guess where to buy it" doesn't work for me. I think e-book publishers are shooting themselves in the foot by not having a universally compatible product made available to as many people and their various readers through all possible markets.
But then, I don't mind if they shoot themselves in the foot as I want ink-and-paper books to continue as long as possible.
Why should I have to buy a Kindle and then pay $9.99 per book to download it when I can read a REAL book for free from the library?
Jeff
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