So, I talked yesterday about a missing voice in the eBook pricing debate. Well, Jorgen dropped off a link to an article in The New York Times by Motoko Rich and Brad Stone where that voice is heard loud and clear. Read the article “E-Book Price Increase May Stir Readers’ Passions” here. This is a good article that almost makes up for that lopsided story we commented on.
…eBook Readers Insurgency… I paraphrase, but nice work, yah?
p.s. If you haven’t sent Impact author Douglas Preston an angry email yet, this might give you a reason. Preston who alienated a lot of his readers when his publisher held back the eBook version of Impact to force hard cover sales, has attacked his readership by saying he’s astonished by the “sense of entitlement of the American consumer.” He’d never accuse them of having good judgment, or a discerning eye when it comes to making a purchase. I actually cringed when I read his statement: “It’s the Wal-Mart mentality, which in my view is very unhealthy for our country. It’s this notion of not wanting to pay the real price of something.â€Â A suggestion for Mr. Preston: “Your readers are not your enemies…” Readers want to pay Preston a fair price for his eBooks and he calls them Wal-Mart shoppers…Lord! (He also kind of takes a swipe at Wal-Mart shoppers there too, but that’s another battle.)
