Saturday, October 20, 2007
Steve at Blogspotting discovers that publishers and booksellers are targeting local blogs for reviews.
Labels: author blogs, Blogspotting, book reviews
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Quick -- who was the publisher of the last book you read? Steve Baker bets you don't know, and that's why he can't understand why authors have blogs at their publishers' websites, where readers will never find them.
Labels: author blogs, Blogspotting
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Heather at Blogspotting thinks eBooks are a solution in search of a problem:
But honestly, as much as I am fascinated by the notion of having a digital version of a book, the problems it purports to address seem like none issues to me. I don't want to carry around more than one book and between Amazon online and Barnes and Noble around the corner, there really isn't that much of a wait between when I think of a book and when I get it.
There is one thing though, that a digital book could address that would probably persuade me to try these devices: a lower price. Afterall, a digital version of a book costs less to product than a physical version of it. However, this isn't an advantage that the ebook folks are talking about. So it makes me skeptical about whether they will offer enough of a price difference to make it worth my while. (link)
But honestly, as much as I am fascinated by the notion of having a digital version of a book, the problems it purports to address seem like none issues to me. I don't want to carry around more than one book and between Amazon online and Barnes and Noble around the corner, there really isn't that much of a wait between when I think of a book and when I get it.
There is one thing though, that a digital book could address that would probably persuade me to try these devices: a lower price. Afterall, a digital version of a book costs less to product than a physical version of it. However, this isn't an advantage that the ebook folks are talking about. So it makes me skeptical about whether they will offer enough of a price difference to make it worth my while. (link)
Labels: Blogspotting, eBooks
