Ebooks and discounts drive 98 publishers out of business | Books | theguardian.com
I saw this article online. I guess it's not really major news as it seems like these kind of things happen more and more. I'm kind of concerned that there may be a future where trad publishing doesn't exist at all. I know some people think this would be a good thing in some ways, but if trad publishing goes, so do book stores and probably a vast majority of print books.
I do find benefits of ebooks myself and I haven't bought a brand new print book in quite sometime (I bought Hunger Games used not long ago). Publishers are going to have to figure out how to compete with Amazon and soon.
I hate to think of all the people who are losing their jobs. But I hope the publishing industry can figure out a way to both make things a level playing field for writers and readers.
I saw this article online. I guess it's not really major news as it seems like these kind of things happen more and more. I'm kind of concerned that there may be a future where trad publishing doesn't exist at all. I know some people think this would be a good thing in some ways, but if trad publishing goes, so do book stores and probably a vast majority of print books.
I do find benefits of ebooks myself and I haven't bought a brand new print book in quite sometime (I bought Hunger Games used not long ago). Publishers are going to have to figure out how to compete with Amazon and soon.
I hate to think of all the people who are losing their jobs. But I hope the publishing industry can figure out a way to both make things a level playing field for writers and readers.