http://www.mhopp.org/blog/2009/02/28/links-for-2009-02-28/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mhopp.org/blog/2009/02/28/links-for-2009-02-28/comment-page-1/#comment-36260 Hopp Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:54:38 +0000 http://www.mhopp.org/blog/2009/02/28/links-for-2009-02-28/#comment-36260 Yeah, good points, but it seems like publishers are just like any other content owners in that they fear new distro methods as threats, not opportunities. Some are indeed threats, but Amazon is not some pirate looking to steal from them. The right response would have been to call up Amazon and have a discussion about this on the side, not get it killed. Yeah, good points, but it seems like publishers are just like any other content owners in that they fear new distro methods as threats, not opportunities. Some are indeed threats, but Amazon is not some pirate looking to steal from them. The right response would have been to call up Amazon and have a discussion about this on the side, not get it killed.

]]> http://www.mhopp.org/blog/2009/02/28/links-for-2009-02-28/comment-page-1/#comment-36137 A-bo Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:09:14 +0000 http://www.mhopp.org/blog/2009/02/28/links-for-2009-02-28/#comment-36137 The kindle controversy is pretty funny. One of the reasons I enjoy audiobooks is because of the performances. (At least one major author, Orson Scott Card, considers it to be the ideal format to consume his stories). I don't see the software holding a candle to the actors. Maybe more of a concern for non-fiction but that should encourage the addition of extra features not in the book version (interviews with authors etc.) which are better for the consumer. Publishers should see this as an additional market - use the kindle as a platform to sell the audiobook. Perhaps the kindle would allow them to bundle audio and a transcript. Incremental cost for electronic text (if any) and I doubt people would otherwise buy both versions. I would be extremely interested in purchasing such a bundled product, especially foreign language texts. The kindle controversy is pretty funny. One of the reasons I enjoy audiobooks is because of the performances. (At least one major author, Orson Scott Card, considers it to be the ideal format to consume his stories). I don’t see the software holding a candle to the actors. Maybe more of a concern for non-fiction but that should encourage the addition of extra features not in the book version (interviews with authors etc.) which are better for the consumer. Publishers should see this as an additional market – use the kindle as a platform to sell the audiobook. Perhaps the kindle would allow them to bundle audio and a transcript. Incremental cost for electronic text (if any) and I doubt people would otherwise buy both versions. I would be extremely interested in purchasing such a bundled product, especially foreign language texts.

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