The Web is Evolving Intelligence; Book Editing
That topic both energized and unnerved people attending BookExpo America, the publishing
and bookselling industry's annual trade show, which ended at the convention center here
on Sunday.
Much of the talk was focused on the Kindle, Amazon's electronic reader, which has gained
widespread acclaim for its ease of use.
Jeffrey P. Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, spent much of a packed session
on Friday evangelizing about the Kindle, which he said already accounts for 6 percent of his
company's unit sales of books that are available in both paper and electronic formats.
But excitement about the Kindle, which was introduced in November, also worries some
publishing executives, who fear Amazon's still-growing power as a bookseller. Those
executives note that Amazon currently sells most of its Kindle books to customers for a price
well below what it pays publishers, and they anticipate that it will not be long before Amazon
begins using the Kindle's popularity as a lever to demand that publishers cut prices.
I buy about half of my books from Amazon Kindle. If it is an older book, I buy it second hand,
often for about $4 to $10. Most Kindle books are priced at $9.99 and since the publisher
need not supply any paper product, it would be reasonable to pay them less for their
services. Since it doesn’t take any room on your bookshelves (a big negative concerning
bookaholics whose floors may collapse or friends think them weird) and since the price is
only $9.99, it is obvious that more books will be (are being) sold via the electronic channel.
The royalties on published books often average 8-10%, whereas the royalty on a Kindle book
is 35% of sales price. The author's income should increase as Kindle books become more
popular.
Web sites are already cropping up that will edit your book for you.
http://www.book-editing.com/
5,000+ published books and articles edited
http://www.wordsru.com/
The cost-effective proofreading and editing service!
http://www.papertigers.net/
“Everyone needs an editor”
Eventually home/cottage industries consisting of editors of books will come to dominate the
industry rather than large publishers. Authors could simply use services which rank the
various editors as to their fields of expertise. Since this is the type of function a publisher
provides, why not eliminate the publisher making their function simply a computer program
on the Internet?
The Robots are Coming
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That topic both energized and unnerved people attending BookExpo America, the publishing
and bookselling industry's annual trade show, which ended at the convention center here
on Sunday.
Much of the talk was focused on the Kindle, Amazon's electronic reader, which has gained
widespread acclaim for its ease of use.
Jeffrey P. Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, spent much of a packed session
on Friday evangelizing about the Kindle, which he said already accounts for 6 percent of his
company's unit sales of books that are available in both paper and electronic formats.
But excitement about the Kindle, which was introduced in November, also worries some
publishing executives, who fear Amazon's still-growing power as a bookseller. Those
executives note that Amazon currently sells most of its Kindle books to customers for a price
well below what it pays publishers, and they anticipate that it will not be long before Amazon
begins using the Kindle's popularity as a lever to demand that publishers cut prices.
I buy about half of my books from Amazon Kindle. If it is an older book, I buy it second hand,
often for about $4 to $10. Most Kindle books are priced at $9.99 and since the publisher
need not supply any paper product, it would be reasonable to pay them less for their
services. Since it doesn’t take any room on your bookshelves (a big negative concerning
bookaholics whose floors may collapse or friends think them weird) and since the price is
only $9.99, it is obvious that more books will be (are being) sold via the electronic channel.
The royalties on published books often average 8-10%, whereas the royalty on a Kindle book
is 35% of sales price. The author's income should increase as Kindle books become more
popular.
Web sites are already cropping up that will edit your book for you.
http://www.book-editing.com/
5,000+ published books and articles edited
http://www.wordsru.com/
The cost-effective proofreading and editing service!
http://www.papertigers.net/
“Everyone needs an editor”
Eventually home/cottage industries consisting of editors of books will come to dominate the
industry rather than large publishers. Authors could simply use services which rank the
various editors as to their fields of expertise. Since this is the type of function a publisher
provides, why not eliminate the publisher making their function simply a computer program
on the Internet?
The Robots are Coming
Next
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