Another take on Dorchester’s change of course
Perhaps you haven’t heard but Dorchester, a notable romance publisher, has decided this week to end print publication and go to ebooks exclusively.
Today I had a conversation with a twenty-something woman. She didn’t know about much about electronic books and how the industry is changing. I thought that interesting since she is in the younger generation.
I wonder if publishers will themselves begin to push readers into buying ereaders like IPad or Nook or Kindle. That’s something to think about!
If you want to read what a ebook writer has to say about this drop by JA Konrath’s blog. http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/08/beginning-of-end.html
The times they are a-changing!
My heart goes out to the contracted authors who thought they had mass market paperbacks coming out this year. Some of them have spent large amounts of money on advertising campaigns that are no longer valid.
I do believe ereaders and ebooks are the way of the future for publishing of genre literature that currently is mass market. It just makes more sense from an economics point of view, and that’s what drives publishing.
Yes, Darlene, it’s a shame. But let’s hope it turns out to be the right decision.