tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460209779821780899.post8430640829739038630..comments2024-02-08T06:46:00.071-06:00Comments on The Scribblerati: Digital Rights Throw DownShawn Enderlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11114716025423874806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460209779821780899.post-27256500205468939742009-12-17T22:45:11.266-06:002009-12-17T22:45:11.266-06:00it's crazy out there...
here's some more:...it's crazy out there...<br /><br />here's some more: Separation of E-Book Rights: Publishers' Worst Nightmare<br /><br />http://www.ereads.com/richard_curtis/2009/12/separation-of-e-book-rights-publishers.htmlShawn Enderlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114716025423874806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460209779821780899.post-48900857440184173282009-12-17T20:11:22.028-06:002009-12-17T20:11:22.028-06:00ugh, I can't find the link anymore (of course)...ugh, I can't find the link anymore (of course).<br /><br />But it went something like this...<br /><br />The discussion was about pricing and how Amazon is making the major publishers crazy by charging a flat rate of $9.99 for e-books. That price seriously undercuts what major publishers are charging and, more importantly, Amazon is selling at a loss.<br /><br />The idea behind the article I read, which was really just one organization's opinion of how things might turn out, was that the only way anyone could make money and $9.99 was for the major publishers to charge Amazon less for their product. This would put price pressure back on the publishers which they would then, presumably, make up for into ways: 1) increased sales volume, 2) paying less in royalties authors.<br /><br />Of course, who knows if any of that would really happen but based on what I've seen so far of this debate the major publishers don't appear to be too interested in the welfare of authors.Shawn Enderlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114716025423874806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460209779821780899.post-63147307679899125742009-12-17T14:55:49.139-06:002009-12-17T14:55:49.139-06:00Hmmm. Most uncool.Hmmm. Most uncool.Mark Teatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936096861069259195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460209779821780899.post-70342592194534285512009-12-17T09:05:19.847-06:002009-12-17T09:05:19.847-06:00Not entirely true. I don't have the links to t...Not entirely true. I don't have the links to the articles handy, but the stuff I've been seeing talks about how the publishers may chsnge the pricing and revenue structures in such a way the authors would get even less in royalty payments than they do now. <br /><br />I'll post a link tonight.Shawn Enderlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114716025423874806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460209779821780899.post-80959896247923082522009-12-17T08:37:07.735-06:002009-12-17T08:37:07.735-06:00Yeah, I've been watching this. Everybody is sc...Yeah, I've been watching this. Everybody is scrambling. It sounds like most new authors won't be affected though.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581880415411016683noreply@blogger.com