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| DATE | 2010-01-23 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Kindle the Copyright Warsi
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/23/books/23kindle.html?pagewanted=print
January 23, 2010
With Kindle, the Best Sellers Don’t Need to Sell
By MOTOKO RICH
Here’s a riddle: How do you make your book a best seller on the
Kindle?
Answer: Give copies away.
That’s right. More than half of the “best-selling†e-books
on the Kindle, Amazon.com’s e-reader, are available at no charge.
Although some of the titles are digital versions of books in the public
domain — like Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice†—
many are by authors still trying to make a living from their work.
Earlier this week, for example, the No. 1 and 2 spots on Kindle’s
best-seller list were taken by “Cape Refuge†and “Southern
Storm,†both novels by Terri Blackstock, a writer of Christian
thrillers. The Kindle price: $0. Until the end of the month, Ms.
Blackstock’s publisher, Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins
Publishers, is offering readers the opportunity to download the books
free to the Kindle or to the Kindle apps on their iPhone or in Windows.
Publishers including Harlequin, Random House and Scholastic are offering
free versions of digital books to Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other
e-retailers, as well as on author Web sites, as a way of allowing
readers to try out the work of unfamiliar writers. The hope is that
customers who like what they read will go on to obtain another title for
money....
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