Hardbound - #009 - Ebooks: What happened?
A lively discussion on the rise and fall of ebooks.
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Nathan Bashaw
@nbashaw · Co-founder and CEO of Hardbound
Hey! I'd love to start a discussion here :)
If you went back to 2011 and told a publisher that ebook growth would grind to a halt by 2016, they’d never believe you. What happened? Why did everybody get it so wrong?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Nathan Bashaw
@nbashaw · Co-founder and CEO of Hardbound
Hey! I'd love to start a discussion here :)
If you went back to 2011 and told a publisher that ebook growth would grind to a halt by 2016, they’d never believe you. What happened? Why did everybody get it so wrong?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Sam Gross
@samthegeek · Technical Product Manager @ Oscar Health
Prices didn't fall and subscription services didn't gain traction (unlike, say, music or video)
The experience isn't significantly better either — few people carry more than one book at a time, everyone carried more than one CD.
Rodney Onanga
@longrodsilver · CEO, Azimuth
I may be a bit late to this discussion and I do agree with most of what has been said although you should not judge the e-book success or failure on 1 year drop. Beside the New York Times' article about the falling of e-books sales was biased and it focused about the registered e-books and not the self published ones. I prefer hard copies to soft ones when i… See more