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Fred Dungan
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
583
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 10:17 pm: |   |
Publish America has quit offering Bushwhacked as an ebook. I have no idea why. Has anyone else had this happen to their book?
http://www.fdungan.com/bushwhacked.pdf |
Jennifer Lynn
Unity Member
Post Number:
1053
Registered: 03-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 10:33 pm: | |
Yep, my ebook is gone too.. Wonder if Bowkers had anything to do with that?
Thanks for noticing Fred.
J
Jennifer Lynn
www.jenniferlynn.ca |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2654
Registered: 01-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 05:58 am: | |
Sorry but I never check my book or ebook. Wonder if mine is gone. |
Jennifer Lynn
Unity Member
Post Number:
1055
Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 07:32 am: | |
I took a quick peruse last night.. couldn't find ANY ebooks.. I think they're all gone.
Jennifer Lynn
www.jenniferlynn.ca |
Violet Towe
Wandering Member
Post Number:
241
Registered: 03-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 07:50 am: | |
I checked the PA books and not any of them are being offered in ebook format. I would guess that not enough readers wanted to purchase the books to keep them offered, so all ebooks have been dropped. That's just my guess, but I agree with Jenny, all are gone. |
Sheryl Nantus
Awareness Member
Post Number:
11
Registered: 02-2004
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 08:08 am: | |
someone's asked about that on the PA boards...
so good of them to make an announcement and all...
*chuckles*
it's probably connected to the fact that PA was using the SAME ISBN for both the ebooks and their printed versions - a major no-no from what I understand, since they purchase the ISBNs and therefore were breaking the law... probably just decided to drop them instead of putting the cash down to buy the other numbers...
jmo, ymmv
(Message edited by stgeorge on March 05, 2004) |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
895
Registered: 06-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 10:14 am: | |
Methinks that is was also a removal because of the ISBN # being used by both the ebook and the paperback version being the same. It is against all the rules and regs that the LOC and all distribution houses strive to maintain. Different version of book, different ISBN.
I really wonder how many of them were sold anyway?
Claudia
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Dennis Collins
Mindsight Moderator
Post Number:
615
Registered: 06-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 10:39 am: | |
I'd really love to hear some pro/con arguements about ebooks. Do they ever sell in significant numbers? Anybody got any stats on the industry? CE... Hurry up and get that reader on the market.
If it was an ISBN issue that blew away the ebooks, what's to become of my "Independence Books" title? It has the same ISBN as the PA version. I'd really hate to see it go. PA did a lot of very nice things with it like back cover blurbs and reviews inside the front cover. |
Fred Dungan
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
588
Registered: 10-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, March 05, 2004 - 10:52 pm: | |
How stupid of them. Publish America could have dropped the ISBN numbers since they aren't required unless the books are sold through someone else's website. But then, what else would you expect from a publisher who seems to be more at home with strongarm tactics and firearms than he is with books?
http://www.fdungan.com/publish.htm |
Todd Hunter
Unity Member
Post Number:
1170
Registered: 02-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 04:24 am: | |
Actually, the e-book option on my book has been gone for at least a short while as well...the fact didn't register until it was mentioned here (so I can't recall when it left)...granted, no one (as far as I know) ever bought an e-book copy...it was hard enough to promote a $17 book (109 pages)...it was no easier to do for $6 in an electronic version...
Honestly, I believe it's all a matter of the public and their need for instant gratification...thus, the demand for e-books would be much less than, say, the demand for downloadable music...doesn't take near as long to receive gratification through a 4-5 minute clip of music on your computer, versus reading a 200-page book there... |
Fred Dungan
Wisdom Member
Post Number:
589
Registered: 10-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 06, 2004 - 08:34 pm: | |
Why not both? To see and hear an example, go to http://www.fdungan.com/vigilantes.htm. Ebooks give writers an opportunity to add graphics and sound to their text at virtually no cost. Changes are simple to make which gives the writer much more latitude.
People were skeptical of print when Gutenberg introduced it to Europe in the 15th century. Scribes and monks were producing beautiful illuminated copies of manuscripts. Who needed print? In order to compete, Gutenberg had to do a better job at lower cost. Anyone who has ever seen an original Gutenberg Bible knows that he succeeded. He printed on both paper and velum and was careful not to flood the market. In short, Gutenberg was in printing for the long run and totally committed. That's how I am with ebooks. They got off to a bad start because too many people were trying to make a fast buck. I don't blame readers for prefering paperbacks over ebooks. It will take a lot of effort to bring readers back to ebooks. Right now, I'm more interested in numbers than money. Time will tell if I made the right decision.
Vigilantes - read it as I write it http://www.fdungan.com/vigilantes.htm |
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