tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post2016910396530114951..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Amazon and Kindle's "Lost Symbol" get a riseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-45018528556654239032009-09-19T19:29:44.115-07:002009-09-19T19:29:44.115-07:00Steve, that's true.
I remember the fear tha...Steve, that's true.<br /><br /> I remember the fear that paperbacks would ruin sales for hardcovers and it would be the end of them and of publisher profits -- and then the paperbacks began selling in quanities few had imagined, especially at airports - and people today mention often the ability to just get a book anytime they're at the airport, where a magazine just read might mention a book or author and within a few minutes the traveling Kindler can just have the book 'in hand.'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-17577235695671406542009-09-19T18:33:28.058-07:002009-09-19T18:33:28.058-07:00>>Add that e-books will generally be less co...>>Add that e-books will generally be less costly to produce and therefore less expensive to buy ...<br /><br />Remember that book sellers (and everyone else) sell their goods at the highest price buyers are willing to pay. Since they want to maximize profits, the only way to cause them to lower the price when production costs are reduced is if it increases the number of goods sold in enough volume to overcome the lower price.<br /><br />I do not have much hope that the savings will be passed on to us buyers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-45378415698493797472009-09-18T15:52:15.442-07:002009-09-18T15:52:15.442-07:00To a different 'anonymous'
Probably mor...To a different 'anonymous'<br /><br /> Probably more like 'narrow' ... On the other hand, designating others "soulless" because of what their WORDS are read on ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-77031138239617143742009-09-18T15:40:30.653-07:002009-09-18T15:40:30.653-07:00If I really love a book I will tend to get the har...If I really love a book I will tend to get the hard copy too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-63651692679307804362009-09-18T13:10:49.336-07:002009-09-18T13:10:49.336-07:00Also, Kindle buyers only buy 1 copy, since you can...Also, Kindle buyers only buy 1 copy, since you can't sell it or give it away. So, all of those sales are to hard core READERS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-45542792713040404102009-09-18T11:45:03.930-07:002009-09-18T11:45:03.930-07:00(a different 'anonymous'.)
andrew keen is...(a different 'anonymous'.)<br /><br />andrew keen is transparently stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-22724923305816829042009-09-18T10:22:57.498-07:002009-09-18T10:22:57.498-07:00Right, Anonymous,
and yet the publishers are wor...Right, Anonymous,<br /> and yet the publishers are worried the Kindle prices will hurt them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-59575776873710019292009-09-18T07:47:36.611-07:002009-09-18T07:47:36.611-07:00I noticed that on day one Brown’s book was discoun...I noticed that on day one Brown’s book was discounted 40% on our local grocery store. That makes the Kindle price not so outrageously low after all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com