No worries--I won't be subjecting you to that Hannah Montana song of the same title.
There's this article over at Publishers Weekly about bundling print and e-editions of a book for customers, which I thought was very interesting. I don't care so much as a writer, but as a reader, I like the idea. I have a new e-reader, but still catch myself hesitating over ordering the e-edition over print.
Take book XYZ: the print edition is $14, roughly; Kindle sets you back $10. And I still find myself preferring print. Not sure why. Maybe because I'm old-school, maybe because I've lost my share of MP3 files and wish I'd bought the CD.
I for one would love this type of book bundle. The article talks lots about the business angle of it all, but I don't really care about that--from my reader perspective.
What do you think? Would you buy the bundle for a few bucks more?
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Absolutely! I'd be much more willing to get an e-reader if I knew I could easily replace a book if the reader got zapped. Especially after having a laptop crash with 5,000+ songs on it. Did retrieve them, but still was a scary couple days.
ReplyDeleteI find myself buying ebooks only when there is no print book so far. It still doesn't seem like a real book to me--and that's even after I have an ebook myself. I doubt many of us over fifties will completely forsake print books.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit under fifty, but have a really hard time. My kids still read print 100 percent of the time.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it's one of those things that just takes time, or if old habits are too hard to break.