10-15-2010, 06:18 PM | #1 |
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"I'd like to read this book on Kindle"
Such a nice little link under all the books we'd like to see as ebooks but are not yet available in that format.
It does make me feel like my opinion is important to Amazon (and maybe even the publishers-!-) but does anyone know if it makes any difference at all whether you click the link or not? I can't really imagine Amazon saying to a publisher or copyright holder, "Hey, someone requested your book in digital form, you'd better do it quick!" Have any of you seen a book they requested as ebook actually appear as an ebook later? |
10-15-2010, 06:25 PM | #2 |
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10-15-2010, 06:36 PM | #3 |
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Nothing that I've personally clicked, but someone on the Amazon forums recently reported that a book they'd clicked had become available on kindle. Just don't know whether it was due to the clicking or not...it's very possible it was a coincidence.
I'd suspect they'd need quite a few clicks before the publisher would think there was a big appetite for a particular title. |
10-15-2010, 08:07 PM | #4 |
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I'd like the equivalent for the kindle store. I'd like to buy this in <<Australia>> there are too many books just not available, and as a consumer, there is no good reason for it. Perhaps such an action would encourage publishers to pull their fingers out...
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10-15-2010, 08:13 PM | #5 |
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I have seen kindle books appear after I have clicked, but it normally takes a long time, and it is probably less than 10% of the total clicked. It's difficult to tell whether the clicking helps. Hopefully Amazon presents the statistics to the publishers. On the other hand, it may be a way of getting us to stick around -- hoping that we are making a difference. Either way, it is a good marketing strategy.
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10-15-2010, 09:04 PM | #6 |
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I seem to recall a statement by someone presumably in the know that the clicks are accumulated for a period (such a month) and then sent to the publishers.
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10-16-2010, 01:34 AM | #7 |
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Hope it works for "The History of Love"
Bought Nicole Krauss's new novel, Great House, for the Kindle today, and tried to buy her earlier one, The History of Love, but it wasn't available as an e-book so I clicked "I'd like to read...." The NYT review of Great House talks about how it reworks some of the same themes from The History of Love, so it'll be interesting to see if the new book generates demand for an electronic version of the earlier one.
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10-16-2010, 06:21 AM | #8 |
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I have to agree with malliemcg. I'd prefer a "I demand this ebook available in Europe" in Kindle Store.
Georestriction is utterly stupid! Last edited by Bikeridr; 10-16-2010 at 06:22 AM. Reason: Replaced "want" with "demand" |
10-16-2010, 10:46 AM | #9 |
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10-16-2010, 12:31 PM | #10 | |
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It is good to hear that some people have seen books become eBooks after they have clicked the Amazon link requesting it. I haven't yet seen any of my requests granted, but in hopes that it makes a difference - eventually - I will continue to use the link.
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10-16-2010, 03:51 PM | #11 |
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It probably helps Amazon let the Publisher know what books folks are looking for and could effect which books the Publishers put forward.
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10-16-2010, 03:57 PM | #12 |
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Georestrictions stem largely from the rights that publishers negotiated with authors. If a publisher did not specify in their contract with an author that they had the right to publish and ebook version of "Book X" in Australia, they simply have no legal right to sell "Book X" in Australia.
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10-17-2010, 12:22 PM | #14 |
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If you are a self-publisher author, your ebooks are available anywhere, no restrictions. In the old model of printed books, if your books are sold through a publisher, that publisher may make deals with publishers in other countries for those companies to print and sell the books there (it saves shipping and distribution costs for the first publisher, and provides for some localization like translations). This is an agreement between the two publishers that neither will sell into the other's area. The first publisher gets a cut of the selling price. This is a reasonable way to handle things if you have to transport physical items. It's not necessary in the ebook world, but these agreements are for the most part still in effect, meaning that some ebooks cannot be sold into other countries until the agreement expires, which may take many years.
The author has no say in any of this. I would be surprised if this model lasts much longer. It may be that in future contracts, ebooks will be excepted from such contracts. |
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