Comments on: The Future, the Past, Willful Ignorance, and Simon and Schuster http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/ Perpetual projects and daily obsessions. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kt literary » Blog Archive » On being Rexroth: Living with a Literary Agent http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-4465 kt literary » Blog Archive » On being Rexroth: Living with a Literary Agent Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:35:49 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-4465 [...] and I always… agree. As some of the real veterans around here might know, I’ve got some pretty strong opinions about how publishing works today. It leads to some… wonderfully spirited [...] [...] and I always… agree. As some of the real veterans around here might know, I’ve got some pretty strong opinions about how publishing works today. It leads to some… wonderfully spirited [...]

]]> By: Mark Griffith http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3848 Mark Griffith Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:31:42 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3848 Thanks, Doyce! Yes, I can imagine the Cliff-notes version {you're right - that's exactly the idea} might sell a lot more. I read a lot of book reviews, and I can imagine I might pay 10 or 15 cents or so per review to read a set of book reviews saving me the trouble of even reading Cliff-notes-type summaries... .-= Mark Griffith´s last undefined ..<a href="0" rel="nofollow">Response cached until Sat 6 @ 19:11 GMT (Refreshes in 23.70 Hours)</a> =-. Thanks, Doyce! Yes, I can imagine the Cliff-notes version {you’re right – that’s exactly the idea} might sell a lot more.

I read a lot of book reviews, and I can imagine I might pay 10 or 15 cents or so per review to read a set of book reviews saving me the trouble of even reading Cliff-notes-type summaries…
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]]> By: Doyce http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3847 Doyce Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:18:58 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3847 Hi Mark. Sorry, you're speaking about the proposed 5k word esummary? For a nonfiction work... umm... yeah. I could see that. Sort of "pay full price, or here's a cliff notes version for 2 bucks". I could see a viable market for that. hell, the summary might end up selling more copies of the full book, honestly. Hi Mark.

Sorry, you’re speaking about the proposed 5k word esummary?

For a nonfiction work… umm… yeah. I could see that. Sort of “pay full price, or here’s a cliff notes version for 2 bucks”.

I could see a viable market for that. hell, the summary might end up selling more copies of the full book, honestly.

]]> By: Mark Griffith http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3846 Mark Griffith Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:11:04 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3846 No-one can give a view on my proposed price split? .-= Mark Griffith´s last undefined ..<a href="0" rel="nofollow">If you register your site for free at </a> =-. No-one can give a view on my proposed price split?
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]]> By: 3 idiots online at a time http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3843 3 idiots online at a time Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:24:08 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3843 i appreciate your insight, it helped me shaped my views on the world a little bit, great site by the way, you've got yourself another viewer i appreciate your insight, it helped me shaped my views on the world a little bit, great site by the way, you’ve got yourself another viewer

]]> By: Martin Townsend http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3402 Martin Townsend Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:34:06 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3402 Ebooks are the way to go, publishers should be weary of trying to force customer choice after all theres nothing to stop authors old and new from by passing the publisher completely and selling the eBook from their own web site at a reasonable price, which I suspect will be the case in the near future. Martin Ebooks are the way to go, publishers should be weary of trying to force customer choice after all theres nothing to stop authors old and new from by passing the publisher completely and selling the eBook from their own web site at a reasonable price, which I suspect will be the case in the near future.

Martin

]]> By: Mark Griffith http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Mark Griffith Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:58:11 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3304 Jamie, Doyce, and all you other e-book-lovers, how would this deal strike you as customers? My imprint brings out non-fiction book{collection of popular articles about the economic crisis} and I offer you one of the two following deals : a) 5,000-word e-summary only for 2 Swiss Francs b) 50,000-word paperback for 16 Swiss Franc with the 5,000-word e-summary thrown in for free Would this arouse your ire? Jamie, Doyce, and all you other e-book-lovers, how would this deal strike you as customers?

My imprint brings out non-fiction book{collection of popular articles about the economic crisis} and I offer you one of the two following deals :

a) 5,000-word e-summary only for 2 Swiss Francs

b) 50,000-word paperback for 16 Swiss Franc with the 5,000-word e-summary thrown in for free

Would this arouse your ire?

]]> By: Jamie Harrington http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 Jamie Harrington Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:24:19 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3301 I completely agree. I'm a total ebook girl. I hate hard copies. They take up space, I have to go to the store to get them, and I just want the book RIGHT when I want it. I also like reading on a reader better. I can put my iPhone in a baggie and read in the tub. LOVE this. Now, I ALWAYS go to amazon and the Sony site first. EVERY TIME. I will always buy the book in e-version if it's available. ALWAYS. But, have I ever downloaded a pirated copy because I couldn't find it on an ereader? Well, let's just say that the answer isn't no. :) .-= Jamie Harrington´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/totallythebomb/slss/~3/IRxbxPsmdlc/its-unofficial-official-agent-day" rel="nofollow">It’s Unofficial Official Agent Day!</a> =-. I completely agree. I’m a total ebook girl. I hate hard copies. They take up space, I have to go to the store to get them, and I just want the book RIGHT when I want it.

I also like reading on a reader better. I can put my iPhone in a baggie and read in the tub. LOVE this.

Now, I ALWAYS go to amazon and the Sony site first. EVERY TIME. I will always buy the book in e-version if it’s available. ALWAYS.

But, have I ever downloaded a pirated copy because I couldn’t find it on an ereader? Well, let’s just say that the answer isn’t no. :)
.-= Jamie Harrington´s last blog ..It’s Unofficial Official Agent Day! =-.

]]> By: Big Problems, Little Solutions: E-book Publishing Ideas Stolen from Gamers – doyce testerman http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3282 Big Problems, Little Solutions: E-book Publishing Ideas Stolen from Gamers – doyce testerman Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:59:40 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3282 [...] Yesterday’s post generated a lot of interest. And emotion, yes, but mostly interest. If I can be allowed to revisit that post for a second, I’d like to sum the whole thing up like so: [...] [...] Yesterday’s post generated a lot of interest. And emotion, yes, but mostly interest. If I can be allowed to revisit that post for a second, I’d like to sum the whole thing up like so: [...]

]]> By: On making ebook piracy inevitable http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/12/the-future-the-past-willful-ignorance-and-simon-and-schuster/comment-page-1/#comment-3280 On making ebook piracy inevitable Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:33:53 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=2277#comment-3280 [...] via The Future, the Past, Will­ful Igno­rance, and Simon and Schus­ter?–?doyce tester­man. [...] [...] via The Future, the Past, Will­ful Igno­rance, and Simon and Schus­ter?–?doyce tester­man. [...]

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