Posted Friday, March 09, 2012
8 Classic Books That Still Aren't E-Books
"E-books may be the publishing medium of the future, but they're already leaving a bit of literary history behind.
The announcement of Apple's New iPad and the continued growth of Amazon Kindle products, the Barnes & Noble NOOK line of e-readers and Google Android-based tablets in general are giving e-books Library of Congress-sized platforms for expansion. Yet even with a growing base of new releases, low-priced 'singles' works from up-and-coming authors and a sprawling library of free books out of copyright, the e-volumes are still missing characters such as Holden Caulfield, Paul Baumer, Atticus Finch and every witch and wizard in Hogwarts.
The Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group's BookStats survey released in August found that e-books have grown from 0.6% of the market in 2008 to 6.4% in 2010. That looks like a small sliver, but it's a 1,274.1% bump in publisher net sales revenue year over year..."
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The announcement of Apple's New iPad and the continued growth of Amazon Kindle products, the Barnes & Noble NOOK line of e-readers and Google Android-based tablets in general are giving e-books Library of Congress-sized platforms for expansion. Yet even with a growing base of new releases, low-priced 'singles' works from up-and-coming authors and a sprawling library of free books out of copyright, the e-volumes are still missing characters such as Holden Caulfield, Paul Baumer, Atticus Finch and every witch and wizard in Hogwarts.
The Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group's BookStats survey released in August found that e-books have grown from 0.6% of the market in 2008 to 6.4% in 2010. That looks like a small sliver, but it's a 1,274.1% bump in publisher net sales revenue year over year..."
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