Tagged ‘eric flint’
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
In his 2008 book, Print is Dead: Books in Our Digital Age, Jeff Gomez augers that the future of electronic publishing depends on whether publishers are prepared to meet the demands of a new generation of readers he calls "Generation Download." This generation, he argues, "is the first generation to come of age not knowing anything but an existence with the web."
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The WebScription strategy relies heavily on its salivating science-fiction fan base. Throughout the years, Baen's editors, authors, and publishers promoted Baen novels through the house's very Web 1.0-style messageboard, Baen's Bar. Is Baen's success with e-books due to its status as a niche science-fiction publisher? And if so, would megalithic publishers benefit as readily from Baen's e-book distribution model?
