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RE: I'll make a prediction...
By jwilliams4200 on 2/1/2010 4:19:57 PM , Rating: 2
Personally, I am actually happy to see this. I expect I will be buying more e-books at the higher prices, because I will have more e-books to choose from. Currently, I am often disappointed that I cannot find an e-book of a book I would like to buy -- but if the authors/publishers made more money from their e-books, I'm guessing the selection will increase. Also, traditionally hardbacks are around double the cost of a paperback, and new releases are exclusively hardback for around a year. But the cost of publishing a hardback is not a lot more than a paperback. The publishers are just taking advantage of higher demand to charge more for new releases. If they cannot do something similar for e-books, than e-books will not be available as soon as hardbacks. I want the e-books ASAP, so I am willing to pay more.

What I would really like to see going forward is to eliminate the middle man. Have authors publish directly to e-book, and set their own prices. Then I could patronize the authors who write good books at a fair price, and I know that most of the purchase price is going to the authors.

RE: I'll make a prediction...
By fic2 on 2/1/2010 6:39:28 PM , Rating: 2
I agree with the last part. There is a CNBC special about the music biz. One of the bands they talk to is Bare Naked Ladies. They self-publish now. They said they sell less CDs/songs, but make more money than they used to. I can't believe that more bands haven't gone this route when their contracts are up. I would think this is the model that will be moved to as bands coming up now do it just to get their music out, then get signed and realize they are getting ripped off, then go back when their contracts are up.

RE: I'll make a prediction...
By atlmann10 on 2/2/2010 1:23:43 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah jwiliams4200 you have the valid view here. This publisher Mcmillan is so stabbing the general public in the back with this. I get what your saying, but the reason this is being done is because they signed on as a specific publisher in the new iPad and are afraid there gonna loose there butt's. Since the pre-release the iPad has been criticized even by the MAC faithful, the PC people are crucifying it. However this is one of a few publishers that signed on pre-delivery (I think there were 4), and this thing has blown up in there face for now. The publisher is doing this on a property (an e-book) which probably costs them less than zero to deliver. They still make full price on their print books (and readers on print books from what they say are dwindling faster than dry leaves in a camp fire), so jack up the price on the e-books and there still getting fat paychecks (the publishers not the authors). This is utter greed and fear from them because there books will also be available on the app store for free or a couple bucks. This means an iPhone user downloads it they make nothing, if an iPad reader downloads it they get paid but the market is predicted as exceptionally limited for that specific device. Either way it is the executive directors trying to get mega bonuses nothing else. This publisher should be banned and protested.

