Mr. Michael S. Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, died on September 6th, 2011. You can read the Obituary at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg is a really amazing website/resource and here are some of the things I’m very thankful for – Lots and lots of great books – for free. Very readable versions with relatively few mistakes. [...]
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Here are some reasons why selling $15 books is better business – You can make a lot more money. You make readers feel its worth their time. If it’s $15, then it must be good and readers’ time is worth $X per hour anyways – might as well spend $15 on something that is ‘vetted’. You [...]
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The Book Settlement was rejected. The most controversial Book Settlement ever proposed was rejected. Judge Chin has made a marvellous decision and he’s a hero – if it’s not clear now, it will be clear to future generations. First, some documents and links – Judge Chin’s Statement (PDF). Caroline McCarthy’s Article on Judge Chin rejecting [...]
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In some ways the current stretch seems like the exact opposite of end 2009. End 2009 – eReader sales were assumed to be less than a million, eBook availability was limited, eReader prices were pretty high (around $299), eBook market share was only around 3% to 4%. For all practical purposes, there was absolutely no [...]
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