The Key Highlight – Penguin has reported that e-book sales from the first four months of 2008 have surpassed the house’s total e-book sales for all of last year. Also, Penguin Group CEO David Shanks said he attributed the jump, in large part, to the growing popularity of e-book readers.
Well, that’s interesting. Also, Penguin are releasing enhanced eBook classics (Pride and Prejudice in the summer; 9 more classics through Fall) which will include add-ons like reviews (of the original publication), a filmography, etc.
The full article at Publishers Weekly. Every week there are posts and opinions about
- The Amazon Kindle is going to fail because history shows us { betamax, divx, etc.} failed.
- Publishers fear the Kindle.
- I love books and hate eBookReaders.
- Reviews from people who’ve never owned a Kindle.
Well, the only two ‘facts’ I’ve seen are Penguin saying ebook sales jumped and that Amazon and Simon & Schuster have inked a deal to bring 5,000 new titles to the Kindle e-book reader this year.
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I love the headline of this article
“Penguin sees eBook Sales Spike – CEO Attributes it to EBook Readers”
Let me get this straight. What this guy is trying to tell me is that it s readers of eBooks that account for the spike in sales of…
wait for it…..
wait for it….
eBooks.
Astounding. With keen insights such as that Mr. Shanks certainly deserves his job.