Wednesday, August 11, 2010

File This Under “Jumping the Gun”

Responding to news that Dorchester Publishing is getting out of the mass-market paperback business, blogger John Kenyon today writes, “Is 2010 the tipping point for e-books? If a look at recent movements in crime fiction are any indication, that appears likely.”

His full post is here.

2 comments:

michael said...

Today's Publisher Weekly online had Dorchester Publishing backtracking from the earlier announcement to the point everyone is confused. It is looking more like a small publisher in financial trouble than a print vs e-books issue. But then that could change again tomorrow.

John Kenyon said...

Re: your headline, Jeff, I do make it clear, I think, that I don't think everyone is going to run out and grab a Kindle and leave printed matter behind. Rather, it seems to me that this is the year when ebooks become more viable alternative and less strange electronic doodad. Regardless, thanks for the link. Would love for some discussion to start up over there on the topic...