Comments on: Episode 16 – Steal This E-Book http://digitalcampus.tv/2007/12/04/episode-16-steal-this-e-book/ A biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Danny O. Snow http://digitalcampus.tv/2007/12/04/episode-16-steal-this-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Danny O. Snow Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:26:51 +0000 http://digitalcampus.tv/2007/12/04/episode-16-steal-this-e-book/#comment-218 Is there any NEW news here? As the author of "Steal this e-Book!" (2002) and a variety of articles about e-publishing for publishing trade journals over the years, I see the Kindle as just the latest attempt in a long series of efforts to get the public to pay high prices for e-books and devices for reading them. The truth is that authors and publishers, not readers, must adapt to new ways of delivering reading material. As we have already seen quite clearly in the music industry, consumers won't pay inflated prices for music or players. After years of whining, major record labels are finally offering legal downloads for 99 cents. When will authors and publishers see that the same is true for books? -- Danny O. Snow, Senior Fellow, Society for New Communications Research Is there any NEW news here? As the author of “Steal this e-Book!” (2002) and a variety of articles about e-publishing for publishing trade journals over the years, I see the Kindle as just the latest attempt in a long series of efforts to get the public to pay high prices for e-books and devices for reading them.

The truth is that authors and publishers, not readers, must adapt to new ways of delivering reading material. As we have already seen quite clearly in the music industry, consumers won’t pay inflated prices for music or players.

After years of whining, major record labels are finally offering legal downloads for 99 cents. When will authors and publishers see that the same is true for books?

– Danny O. Snow, Senior Fellow, Society for New Communications Research

]]> By: books » Blog Archive » Episode 16 - Steal This E-Book http://digitalcampus.tv/2007/12/04/episode-16-steal-this-e-book/comment-page-1/#comment-180 books » Blog Archive » Episode 16 - Steal This E-Book Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:30:33 +0000 http://digitalcampus.tv/2007/12/04/episode-16-steal-this-e-book/#comment-180 [...] Comments from Left Field wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Amazon.com’s release of its new e-book reader the Kindle has set off a frenzy of speculation about the future of books, reading, and publishing. The Digital Campus team debates the promise and problems of the Kindle and e-book readers in general. In the news roundup we express outrage at a possible new U.S. bill that would remove funds from universities that fail to stop online piracy and at Facebook’s new feature that allows everyone to see what you’re buying. A cranky holiday-season podcast f [...] [...] Comments from Left Field wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Amazon.com’s release of its new e-book reader the Kindle has set off a frenzy of speculation about the future of books, reading, and publishing. The Digital Campus team debates the promise and problems of the Kindle and e-book readers in general. In the news roundup we express outrage at a possible new U.S. bill that would remove funds from universities that fail to stop online piracy and at Facebook’s new feature that allows everyone to see what you’re buying. A cranky holiday-season podcast f [...]

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