Comments on: The Ebook Maze Today http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ebook-maze-today Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nek http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-30438 Nek Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:52:50 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-30438 It's a pity it's impossible to buy the book in epub format outside of the USA. It’s a pity it’s impossible to buy the book in epub format outside of the USA.

]]> By: Nek http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-30386 Nek Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:09:39 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-30386 Read the article. Going to buy Hylozoic ebook in a minute or two. Read the article. Going to buy Hylozoic ebook in a minute or two.

]]> By: Alex Schoenfeldt http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-22636 Alex Schoenfeldt Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:38:52 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-22636 Rudy, I read above that you didn't think your free version of Postsingular helped your sales, and maybe it didn't, but it did just help your sales of the Hylozoic ebook by one. I read and enjoyed the Ware books, which lead me to Postsingular, (all free) which lead me to buy Hylozoic just now. I look forward to reading it. Alex Rudy,

I read above that you didn’t think your free version of Postsingular helped your sales, and maybe it didn’t, but it did just help your sales of the Hylozoic ebook by one. I read and enjoyed the Ware books, which lead me to Postsingular, (all free) which lead me to buy Hylozoic just now. I look forward to reading it.

Alex

]]> By: Rudy http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-21266 Rudy Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:34:21 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-21266 Percent of what? I just saw an interesting post about the issue of the BASIS of ebook royalties. Usually paper book royalties are on the basis of the retail price, so you might get 7% of the cover price. And until recently it was typical that you'd be offered 10% of the suggested retail price of an ebook. But with ebooks it's now becoming common that you are offered a percentagle of the "net amount received by the publisher" per book, partly because the price of ebooks is so fluid. The net is often about half of the suggested retail price, or less...so 20% of net is like 10% of retail price. The net might be even lower, so it's not usnusual to be offered 25% or even 50% of net. But some people like this poster are suspicious... http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-i-dont-like-net-amounts-received.html Percent of what? I just saw an interesting post about the issue of the BASIS of ebook royalties. Usually paper book royalties are on the basis of the retail price, so you might get 7% of the cover price. And until recently it was typical that you’d be offered 10% of the suggested retail price of an ebook. But with ebooks it’s now becoming common that you are offered a percentagle of the “net amount received by the publisher” per book, partly because the price of ebooks is so fluid. The net is often about half of the suggested retail price, or less…so 20% of net is like 10% of retail price. The net might be even lower, so it’s not usnusual to be offered 25% or even 50% of net. But some people like this poster are suspicious…
http://pubrants.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-i-dont-like-net-amounts-received.html

]]> By: starryeyes http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-21217 starryeyes Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:38:58 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-21217 e-books are pretty new to me too. Mostly I've just downloaded old books from the Gutenberg Project: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page The info on this blog opens up new possibilities for me to read your books. Thanks. :) e-books are pretty new to me too. Mostly I’ve just downloaded old books from the Gutenberg Project: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

The info on this blog opens up new possibilities for me to read your books. Thanks. :)

]]> By: emilio http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-21215 emilio Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:06:37 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-21215 Isn't the more important question: will eReaders, iPads, etc. enable a new paradigm in writing? Will they spawn a generation of Thuy's creating new forms? Or maybe some old long hair will take it on? Will "graphic novel" take on a new meaning? Seems the likely first shot. I'm pretty sure as you've noted that the eReader/eBook market is really more hype than substance at this point. Something new needs to turn it. I can see some universities publishing all of their text books as eBooks, but beyond that there is nothing compelling in this marker. None of the eReaders are that great yet and can't get readers excited. They fail on fundamental ergonomics, at least so far -- it will be interesting to get one's hands on an iPad to see if it is a game changer. Isn’t the more important question: will eReaders, iPads, etc. enable a new paradigm in writing? Will they spawn a generation of Thuy’s creating new forms?

Or maybe some old long hair will take it on?

Will “graphic novel” take on a new meaning? Seems the likely first shot.

I’m pretty sure as you’ve noted that the eReader/eBook market is really more hype than substance at this point. Something new needs to turn it.

I can see some universities publishing all of their text books as eBooks, but beyond that there is nothing compelling in this marker. None of the eReaders are that great yet and can’t get readers excited. They fail on fundamental ergonomics, at least so far — it will be interesting to get one’s hands on an iPad to see if it is a game changer.

]]> By: bkd69 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-21211 bkd69 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:39:53 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-21211 I think I've got the ebook nut cracked: Treat Tim O'Reilly, Eric Flint, and Gabe Newell to a long weekend in a hotel suite. This should result in a piece of software, like Steam, let's call it, say, Vapor. You'll wind up paying $x/mo for borrowing privileges of y titles, each of which you have to keep for a minimum of 30 days before you can swap one out for a new title (see also: Safari Bookshelf). It will also allow you to purchase titles outright, at whatever price point gets worked out, and the software will handle reformatting it to whatever devices you have, ala vuze, or other video downloading software. It will also handle delivery to print services, if that's your pleasure, ala photo printing services. I think I’ve got the ebook nut cracked:
Treat Tim O’Reilly, Eric Flint, and Gabe Newell to a long weekend in a hotel suite. This should result in a piece of software, like Steam, let’s call it, say, Vapor. You’ll wind up paying $x/mo for borrowing privileges of y titles, each of which you have to keep for a minimum of 30 days before you can swap one out for a new title (see also: Safari Bookshelf). It will also allow you to purchase titles outright, at whatever price point gets worked out, and the software will handle reformatting it to whatever devices you have, ala vuze, or other video downloading software. It will also handle delivery to print services, if that’s your pleasure, ala photo printing services.

]]> By: John R. Douglas http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-21210 John R. Douglas Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:07:03 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-21210 Rudy: Michael Stackpole, in the blog on his website http://www.stormwolf.com/, has written a number of times on the subject of self-publishing e-books and if you follow the threads you can see many of the arguments for doing so along with what amounts to a template, or at least a step-by-step process, for how to go about it. John Douglas Rudy:

Michael Stackpole, in the blog on his website http://www.stormwolf.com/, has written a number of times on the subject of self-publishing e-books and if you follow the threads you can see many of the arguments for doing so along with what amounts to a template, or at least a step-by-step process, for how to go about it.

John Douglas

]]> By: Alex http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/comment-page-1/#comment-21209 Alex Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:11:22 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/02/15/the-ebook-maze-today/#comment-21209 Why not published your books as ebooks yourself? You have the layout software (Indesign). That way you would get 97% of the retail, (paypal would take 3% assuming you use them to process the payments) Why not published your books as ebooks yourself?
You have the layout software (Indesign).

That way you would get 97% of the retail,
(paypal would take 3% assuming you use them to process the payments)

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