Comments on: Book rentals - A step closer to e-books http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/ A Blog from the iPublishCentral Team Thu, 17 May 2012 20:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: chips zynga http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/#comment-801 chips zynga Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:44:29 +0000 http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/?p=265#comment-801 i may not have assumed this was cool a couple years in the past nonetheless its interesting exactly how time shifts the manner in which you experience individual concepts, thank you for the post it is pleasing to see something smart now and then instead of the normal garbage mascarading as blogs on the internet, i'm off to take up a few rounds of zynga poker, cheers i may not have assumed this was cool a couple years in the past nonetheless its interesting exactly how time shifts the manner in which you experience individual concepts, thank you for the post it is pleasing to see something smart now and then instead of the normal garbage mascarading as blogs on the internet, i’m off to take up a few rounds of zynga poker, cheers

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]]> By: Ibrahim Moss http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/#comment-165 Ibrahim Moss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:07:24 +0000 http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/?p=265#comment-165 Well, lets see what plastic logic puts out, and see how the market responds. I wonder whether anyone is tracking Apple's rumored tablet. Well, lets see what plastic logic puts out, and see how the market responds.

I wonder whether anyone is tracking Apple’s rumored tablet.

]]> By: Dean http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/#comment-78 Dean Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:31:52 +0000 http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/?p=265#comment-78 I have to agree with all but the second point - from a publishing perspective putting ink onto paper is only a minor cost in the whole process of putting a book in front of a student. The real work and cost is in creating the content and putting it into a format that supports student learning. I have to agree with all but the second point - from a publishing perspective putting ink onto paper is only a minor cost in the whole process of putting a book in front of a student. The real work and cost is in creating the content and putting it into a format that supports student learning.

]]> By: Bill Setten http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/#comment-77 Bill Setten Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:08:11 +0000 http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/?p=265#comment-77 Dredging up an old time distribution method like "book rentals" just won't solve the problems textbook publishers are facing today. The industry has been fiddling with online delivery of content since the early 1980's...lazerdiscs, videodiscs, conent on floppy's etc etc ... Now twenty years later, we are just starting to see widespread acceptance of it. e-books are merely the very crude beginning of what will be a transformation in how educational materials will be delivered in the future. very curious to know what Ibrahim has in mind. Dredging up an old time distribution method like “book rentals” just won’t solve the problems textbook publishers are facing today. The industry has been fiddling with online delivery of content since the early 1980’s…lazerdiscs, videodiscs, conent on floppy’s etc etc … Now twenty years later, we are just starting to see widespread acceptance of it. e-books are merely the very crude beginning of what will be a transformation in how educational materials will be delivered in the future. very curious to know what Ibrahim has in mind.

]]> By: Ibrahim M http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/#comment-75 Ibrahim M Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:16:29 +0000 http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/?p=265#comment-75 I think you are thinking correctly. In the not too distant future we should have some price adjustments in the e-book sphere, and as competition increases among the amazons and B&N's of the publishing world. It is likely that rentals will become a norm, and not unlike the methods used by Netflicks and others. The question that is raised is the extent to which rental will cannibalize new book sales. There is another factor that may trump virtually all discussions on e-book rentals and sales. I am not telling just yet, but such may cause the doom of e-books. Ibrahim Moss ibrahim.moss@gmail.com I think you are thinking correctly.

In the not too distant future we should have some price adjustments in the e-book sphere, and as competition increases among the amazons and B&N’s of the publishing world. It is likely that rentals will become a norm, and not unlike the methods used by Netflicks and others. The question that is raised is the extent to which rental will cannibalize new book sales.

There is another factor that may trump virtually all discussions on e-book rentals and sales. I am not telling just yet, but such may cause the doom of e-books.

Ibrahim Moss
ibrahim.moss@gmail.com

]]> By: Gregory Carrier http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/2009/09/10/txtbookrentals/#comment-74 Gregory Carrier Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:10:00 +0000 http://blog.ipublishcentral.com/?p=265#comment-74 I agree that time-based ebooks will be cheaper to manage than printed books. Shipping costs alone would be huge. Greg http://www.DashBook.com I agree that time-based ebooks will be cheaper to manage than printed books. Shipping costs alone would be huge.

Greg
http://www.DashBook.com

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