tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201269273847104233.post1470977638482889367..comments2018-06-15T05:34:33.736-05:00Comments on ePublishing Associates: The New York Times enters the ebook strategy discussionPaulMikoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00081838345007964895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201269273847104233.post-3419614843567017782009-07-21T10:35:23.238-05:002009-07-21T10:35:23.238-05:00It's a difficult proposition, and the identica...It's a difficult proposition, and the identical proposition faced by record labels. If manufacture and distribution is removed from a publishers job description (!), then what's left? Editing -- which is invisible to the reader. <br /><br />So do publishers become designers/editors/publicists -- who convey an imprimatur by having chosen to represent the author in the market and utilizing their connects to media outlets?<br /><br />Or do author's agents take over that responsibility?<br /><br />Mind you, I don't think think print is disappearing any day soon -- but I do remember wondering how many people would want to carry a telephone around with them. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613401430249808777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201269273847104233.post-80337012145824907402009-07-16T08:52:30.450-05:002009-07-16T08:52:30.450-05:00Good idea, Larry. You'll see a lot of this hap...Good idea, Larry. You'll see a lot of this happening on publisher web sites already, and more of it in the days ahead. There is reservation on the part of some publishers who fear the backlash of their retail partners, but in the digital economy the lines between publisher and retailer are getting increasingly blurred. If you look far enough down that road you have to ask, who needs a publisher? That is the question publishers need to be asking themselves. When ebooks and print-on-demand and online retail have 90% of the market, and technology directly connects authors and readers, what value does the publisher bring to the equation? I'm not saying publishers are not, or won't be valuable. I am saying that the old business model is dying and publishers need to establish a new value paradigm in the digital economy.PaulMikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081838345007964895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201269273847104233.post-32553936926298652432009-07-16T08:28:36.227-05:002009-07-16T08:28:36.227-05:00Why not offer the ebook on the publisher's web...Why not offer the ebook on the publisher's web site for a price that is determined by the publisher? That would provide at least 3 benefits. a) Provide an outlet for the people who are no longer reading printed content. b) Challenge the eyeball aggregators such as Amazon and B&N. c) Bring people to the publisher's web site.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13994305972394089194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2201269273847104233.post-89176930379445815522009-07-15T14:57:39.753-05:002009-07-15T14:57:39.753-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.PaulMikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081838345007964895noreply@blogger.com