The link below is to an article that takes a look at publishers and their customers – worth a read. Bad day for publishers here, as they seem to be copping a bit of a bashing.
For more visit:
http://www.hughhowey.com/its-the-reader-stupid/
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Article: Bad Amazon – Kindle Matchbook
The link below is to an article that takes a different approach to Kindle Matchbook and once again Amazon is the bad boy. You can always find some reason to bash Amazon, but I remain a fan and I don’t see any great issue with Kindle Matchbook. It seeks to look after the customer/reader, and perhaps that is the real issue for publishers. I think most publishers have had an issue with looking after their customers/readers, so it’s really no surprise that this would be a something they take issue with.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/09/09/least-surprising-aspect-kindle-matchbook/
Website: StoryBundle
The link below is to a site called ‘StoryBundle.’ This is a site for readers to find indie books and authors. StoryBundle offers a group of books as a bundle, which the customers then get to decide how much they would pay for them.
For more visit:
http://storybundle.com/
Article: Ebook Readers Declining
The link below is to an article that reports on the decline in ebook reader sales and the increase in tablets sales among ebook reading customers.
For more visit:
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/shift-from-e-readers-to-tablets-continues/
Article: Reading Fees at the Bookshop
The link below is to an article that looks at the possibility of customers being charged a fee for reading books in the bookshop. That do you think? Tell us in the comments.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/commentary/could-bookstores-start-charging-people-to-read/
Article: Don’t Mention Amazon
The link below is to an article that tells the story of one writer’s frustration with iBooks and the Apple iBookstore. This is one of the issues I have with Apple – the way they seek to monopolise a market and place unreasonable demands on their customers.
For more visit:
http://hollylisle.com/apple-made-its-decision-my-turn/
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