Comments on: Can publishers turn a profit on e-books? http://eatsleeppublish.com/can-publishers-turn-a-profit-on-e-books/ Thoughts on the future of publishing Thu, 26 May 2011 22:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ekonomin bakom en läsplatta - Swedmedia Utveckling | Internet, trender & analyser http://eatsleeppublish.com/can-publishers-turn-a-profit-on-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Ekonomin bakom en läsplatta - Swedmedia Utveckling | Internet, trender & analyser Thu, 21 May 2009 17:51:01 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1994#comment-2289 [...] Kindle är andelen sålda ex så många som 35% av den totala försäljning. Eat Sleep Publish har fördjupat sig lite i försäljningssiffror för digitala titlar och kan konstatera som så många andra att det är vid de större upplagorna [...] [...] Kindle är andelen sålda ex så många som 35% av den totala försäljning. Eat Sleep Publish har fördjupat sig lite i försäljningssiffror för digitala titlar och kan konstatera som så många andra att det är vid de större upplagorna [...]

]]> By: Jason Preston http://eatsleeppublish.com/can-publishers-turn-a-profit-on-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-2284 Jason Preston Tue, 19 May 2009 06:13:40 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1994#comment-2284 <strong>rmmason</strong> - unfortunately web-based metrics are utterly fracked, as far as I can tell. I think we might end up seeing the adoption of a "new" web architecture driven by companies that want a good system for precisely things like this. Or you can adopt the "Steam" approach from Valve Software, and simply tie content to a user account. If you want to loan a book, you loan your account information... rmmason – unfortunately web-based metrics are utterly fracked, as far as I can tell. I think we might end up seeing the adoption of a “new” web architecture driven by companies that want a good system for precisely things like this.

Or you can adopt the “Steam” approach from Valve Software, and simply tie content to a user account. If you want to loan a book, you loan your account information…

]]> By: rmmason http://eatsleeppublish.com/can-publishers-turn-a-profit-on-e-books/comment-page-1/#comment-2283 rmmason Tue, 19 May 2009 00:05:43 +0000 http://eatsleeppublish.com/?p=1994#comment-2283 Good to see the numbers...now if they could get their IP issues sorted out so eReaders could share, as we do with books...they might get a wider acceptance. Good to see the numbers…now if they could get their IP issues sorted out so eReaders could share, as we do with books…they might get a wider acceptance.

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