tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post5019355321789313559..comments2023-09-05T12:51:25.656-05:00Comments on edittorrent: Profitability and Economic CollapsesEdittorrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-45508251521765808202008-11-19T00:46:00.000-06:002008-11-19T00:46:00.000-06:00I'm just wondering (and maybe it's just wishful th...I'm just wondering (and maybe it's just wishful thinking since I'm an ebook author) whether the global economic issues and continuing cost issues in print publishing may give ebooks a big boost in the next year or two. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, e-books don't have all the printing, shipping and return costs print books have. Add to that a growing environmental concern/awareness (paper = dead trees), the new administration's emphasis on technology, and an emerging generation raised on PCs, cell phones and MP3s, it seems to me that ebooks are really poised to take off. Soon.<BR/><BR/>Oprah's recent gushing over Kindle couldn't hurt, either :) <BR/><BR/>BethanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-20365660395934712662008-11-18T23:27:00.000-06:002008-11-18T23:27:00.000-06:00Well, looks like some lucky publisher will get to ...Well, looks like some lucky publisher will get to pay Sarah Palin $7 million advance for her post-election memoirs.<BR/><BR/>I remember when Dan Quayle (who actually served as vice-president) got (reportedly) a million advance, and I wondered how they imagined that would earn out. (I live in his homestate, and even here, the book was remaindered in a few weeks.<BR/><BR/>So here's my advice to the industry: Don't give big advances to politicians we'll be sick of by the time the book comes out. Just a thought. :)<BR/>AliciaEdittorrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14295505709568570553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824896765631412903.post-31532319397715262462008-11-18T15:34:00.000-06:002008-11-18T15:34:00.000-06:00Welcome back, ladies!I love this industry, too. I ...Welcome back, ladies!<BR/><BR/>I love this industry, too. I like to think that, in some small way, I am keeping hope afloat by writing happily ever afters. :)<BR/><BR/>(((hugs)))<BR/>G.Genella deGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129942813842907408noreply@blogger.com