Monthly Archives: March 2011
Business Model : Free ipad/kindle with x years of subscriptions
“Montreal, Canada-based newspaper La Presse unveiled a plan today to offer a free iPad to readers of the paper who sign up for subscription terms of at least three years, according to Projetj.ca“ This seems like an amazing business model. … Continue reading
Filed under Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, Book Retailers, Ebook pricing, Ebook Readers, Ebooks, Nook, Uncategorized
Surprised why few ebooks cost more than a paperback!!!
Recently I have heard several people complaining that the ebook that they bought on their device was more expensive than the paperback book. The problem lies in the details: Most of the major publishers have come up with a Agency … Continue reading
Filed under Book Retailers, Ebook Readers, Ebooks, Publishers & Authors
College Textbooks for Free – flatworldknowledge.com
http://www.flatworldknowledge.com offers a very unique business model under which a student can read a book for free online but would have to pay if they want to download or print a portion of the book. If successful this can help … Continue reading
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Wow That was fast: Goodreads planning to acquire Discovereads
Seems like an oracle moment. yesterday I talked about how anyone working on book discovery/sugegstion piece might potentially make millions. and rumours are already strong that Goodreads is planning of acquiring discoverreads.com to supplement its offering with a powerful suggestion … Continue reading
Filed under Ebooks, Publishers & Authors
Free Kindle for Amazon Prime Members??
This could be a real game changer and yes Jeff Bezos is known to create game-changing business models. Read More here
Filed under Uncategorized
Digital books and devices: An opportunity or a Threat?
Interesting article on the shift of paradigm within the publishing industry. where ebooks are no longer perceived as a threat but an opportunity (or may be I should say less perceived as a threat). Peason and Bloomsbury reported that their … Continue reading
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More Restriction leads to higher Piracy!!
One thing that publishers have to start understand is that the tighter control they try to put on the ebook industry by 1. Controlling the release of the books as ebooks 2. Controllling the price of ebooks 3. Controlling the … Continue reading
Filed under Ebook pricing, Ebooks
Video Instructions on How to convert pdf file to iBooks format for free!
Filed under Apple iPad, file conversions
We are back!
Apologies for our absence!! We have been busy with the development of our website all this while. We are very close to launching and will keep you all updated on this as we bring all latest and hottest news/updates from … Continue reading
Filed under Book Retailers, Ebooks
