http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-306997 The Pitfalls of Publishing's E-Reader Guessing Game - Tools of Change for Publishing Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:59:50 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-306997 [...] OUP Blog: “How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceeding ... [...] [...] OUP Blog: “How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceeding … [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-154087 Lea Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:36:32 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-154087 I think there is a new update of the topic you presented here about the two sites. Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I think there is a new update of the topic you presented here about the two sites. Anyway, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-153179 eReader Sales Estimates – all eReaders « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:06:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-153179 [...] alternative method would be to do what Evan Schmittman at Oxford University Pressdid i.e. use numbers from PVI. That would indicate [...] [...] alternative method would be to do what Evan Schmittman at Oxford University Pressdid i.e. use numbers from PVI. That would indicate [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-153114 Kindle Sales Charts – Analyst Estimates « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:48:55 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-153114 [...] 9, 2008 – Evan Schnittman of Oxford University Press Blog. 500K kindles in 2008. 1 million kindle and Sony. Based on eInk shipments of 60-80K units per month [...] [...] 9, 2008 – Evan Schnittman of Oxford University Press Blog. 500K kindles in 2008. 1 million kindle and Sony. Based on eInk shipments of 60-80K units per month [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-152351 Best of… « Black Plastic Glasses Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:31:55 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-152351 [...] but at the time, most people thought 50,000 units would be the total Kindle sales. Check out Looks Like a Million to Me and see how I figured it all [...] [...] but at the time, most people thought 50,000 units would be the total Kindle sales. Check out Looks Like a Million to Me and see how I figured it all [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-150654 080610 Daily Links (June 10, 2008) | johnsumser.com: Recruiting News and Views Tue, 19 May 2009 04:07:48 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-150654 [...] Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceedi... Is Anyone Thinking About eBooks as Sourcing tools? Smart market segmentation, good candidate pool development potential. They are bigger than you think. (6% of Amazon’s book revenues?) [...] [...] Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceedi… Is Anyone Thinking About eBooks as Sourcing tools? Smart market segmentation, good candidate pool development potential. They are bigger than you think. (6% of Amazon’s book revenues?) [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-149370 Ebook Reader Fan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:37:20 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-149370 Here is an interesting statistic this post got between 10 and 20 times more comments than the other posts that in itself says something. But June 2008 is a bit old, is there any plan to update the figures? Here is an interesting statistic this post got between 10 and 20 times more comments than the other posts that in itself says something. But June 2008 is a bit old, is there any plan to update the figures?

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-149336 purple motes » the fate of traditional print media Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:50:25 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-149336 [...] on mobile devices.  Sales of e-book readers from Sony and Amazon (Kindle) may have totaled a million in 2008, or perhaps a half-million.   Amazon recently announced Kindle 2.  It includes text-to-speech [...] [...] on mobile devices.  Sales of e-book readers from Sony and Amazon (Kindle) may have totaled a million in 2008, or perhaps a half-million.   Amazon recently announced Kindle 2.  It includes text-to-speech [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-147511 Talk-talk: What I didn’t say at the Maemo Summit at Internet Tablet Talk Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:21:53 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-147511 [...] e-books sold by Amazon or Sony for reading on their black-and-white e-Ink devices. Something like one million Sony Readers and Amazon Kindles will be sold this [...] [...] e-books sold by Amazon or Sony for reading on their black-and-white e-Ink devices. Something like one million Sony Readers and Amazon Kindles will be sold this [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146951 Kindle & Sony Reader Update : OUPblog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:09:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146951 [...] week two announcements were made that support the claims made by yours truly regarding sales of Kindles and Sony Readers, and the corresponding rise in [...] [...] week two announcements were made that support the claims made by yours truly regarding sales of Kindles and Sony Readers, and the corresponding rise in [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146950 Kindle & Sony Reader Update : OUPblog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:06:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146950 [...] week two announcements were made that support the claims made by yours truly regarding sales of Kindles and Sony Readers, and the corresponding rise in [...] [...] week two announcements were made that support the claims made by yours truly regarding sales of Kindles and Sony Readers, and the corresponding rise in [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146768 bestwish Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:52:56 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146768 Very good resources for both amazon kindle and sony ebook reader,this is useful to me.Thank you.<a href="http://portable-ebook-reader.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Very good resources for both amazon kindle and sony ebook reader,this is useful to me.Thank you.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146473 lgude Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:22:56 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146473 I certainly like the idea of ebooks but they have to be in a generic format so I can store them on my computer and search them as well as on the reader. I roll my own by cutting the backs off a paper book and running it through a sheet fed scanner - the Fujitsu Scan Snap - since you ask. Then I use Adobe Standard to OCR and mark up the result with searchable sticky notes. The free PDF-X-Change viewer duplicates the mark up tools available in Adobe Standard so you can make notes with either and read them in either program on multiple devices. I use an Asus eee for easy chair or in bed reading. A tablet PC at other times. Ellen Hage of http://www.techusers.org/ has been using ebooks for years and is a goldmine of experience. And yes proprietary is the big issue both with book format and hardware. I certainly like the idea of ebooks but they have to be in a generic format so I can store them on my computer and search them as well as on the reader. I roll my own by cutting the backs off a paper book and running it through a sheet fed scanner – the Fujitsu Scan Snap – since you ask. Then I use Adobe Standard to OCR and mark up the result with searchable sticky notes. The free PDF-X-Change viewer duplicates the mark up tools available in Adobe Standard so you can make notes with either and read them in either program on multiple devices. I use an Asus eee for easy chair or in bed reading. A tablet PC at other times. Ellen Hage of http://www.techusers.org/ has been using ebooks for years and is a goldmine of experience. And yes proprietary is the big issue both with book format and hardware.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146382 Warren Adler Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:43:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146382 As a pioneer in promoting the concept of the e-book, I'm a bit confused about why Amazon and the SONY reader people are not revealing how many Kindles and SONY readers have been sold and how many are in the pipeline. Perhaps they don't want to publicize their success and shake up an industry that is facing a revolutionary challenge to their business model and give them more time to adjust to the juggernaut that is coming their way. I have long contended that once the e-book becomes user friendly and more and more readers discover that content trumps all, those who believe that the feel of the paper book and its long and familiar use will never be challenged will be on the losing side of history. The e-book has taken off big time and the pent up demand will be astonishing to publishers who have long believed that their cozy sinecures and old fashioned way of doing business would remain secure for all time. Having suffered through the early days of the e-book, even after I bet the bank and put all of my books in electronic formats, I am now quite comfortable that the e-book will one day become the instrument of choice for reading all forms of word content running the gamut from novels to textbooks, to illustrated books to combining music and video to accompany the words, and everything in between. Actually, the e-book could be a boon for publishers who might double their content production and save millions on production and warehousing costs allowing them to concentrate solely on the core business of providing content. They will also discover that readers will buy even more content if the wares are easy to obtain and cost a lot less. I have written several blogs on this topic, the most recent of which can be found here: http://warrenadler.blogspot.com/2008/05/e-book-has-arrived.html. As a pioneer in promoting the concept of the e-book, I’m a bit confused about why Amazon and the SONY reader people are not revealing how many Kindles and SONY readers have been sold and how many are in the pipeline. Perhaps they don’t want to publicize their success and shake up an industry that is facing a revolutionary challenge to their business model and give them more time to adjust to the juggernaut that is coming their way. I have long contended that once the e-book becomes user friendly and more and more readers discover that content trumps all, those who believe that the feel of the paper book and its long and familiar use will never be challenged will be on the losing side of history. The e-book has taken off big time and the pent up demand will be astonishing to publishers who have long believed that their cozy sinecures and old fashioned way of doing business would remain secure for all time. Having suffered through the early days of the e-book, even after I bet the bank and put all of my books in electronic formats, I am now quite comfortable that the e-book will one day become the instrument of choice for reading all forms of word content running the gamut from novels to textbooks, to illustrated books to combining music and video to accompany the words, and everything in between. Actually, the e-book could be a boon for publishers who might double their content production and save millions on production and warehousing costs allowing them to concentrate solely on the core business of providing content. They will also discover that readers will buy even more content if the wares are easy to obtain and cost a lot less. I have written several blogs on this topic, the most recent of which can be found here: http://warrenadler.blogspot.com/2008/05/e-book-has-arrived.html.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146364 Anu Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:44:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146364 @Linda W: Most of the features you mentioned wanting are already available for the Kindle. You're right, very often you don't want to store a book on the Kindle forever. Thus Amazon lets you delete the book from the device and lets you redownload it from their server whenever you want. Several newspapers and magazines are already available for the Kindle. Only the other day I read Ellery Queen's Mystery Mag on it (a sample issue). The pricing scheme is quite sensible as it allows you to read a sample of a book, or 2 weeks worth of a magazine or newspaper before committing to anything. The part of this article that really stood out to me was where Jeff Bezos said that Kindle users buy books at 2.5 times the rate of other users. I've found this to be very true, because I find myself buying books every three or four days rather than every three or four weeks. It also helps that I don't have to worry about storage space for these books as I can't be sure of living in one place for a very long period. And of course there's the sheer thrill of finding a book on one subject, getting obsessed with that subject, finding yet another book on it and downloading it instantly. You really ought to give it a shot. @Linda W: Most of the features you mentioned wanting are already available for the Kindle. You’re right, very often you don’t want to store a book on the Kindle forever. Thus Amazon lets you delete the book from the device and lets you redownload it from their server whenever you want. Several newspapers and magazines are already available for the Kindle. Only the other day I read Ellery Queen’s Mystery Mag on it (a sample issue). The pricing scheme is quite sensible as it allows you to read a sample of a book, or 2 weeks worth of a magazine or newspaper before committing to anything.
The part of this article that really stood out to me was where Jeff Bezos said that Kindle users buy books at 2.5 times the rate of other users. I’ve found this to be very true, because I find myself buying books every three or four days rather than every three or four weeks. It also helps that I don’t have to worry about storage space for these books as I can’t be sure of living in one place for a very long period. And of course there’s the sheer thrill of finding a book on one subject, getting obsessed with that subject, finding yet another book on it and downloading it instantly. You really ought to give it a shot.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146345 kindle world » Blog Archive » Looks like Amazon’s Kindle will be the game changer. Sales are up http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:19:47 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146345 [...] Looks like Amazon’s Kindle will be the game changer. Sales are up http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ [...] [...] Looks like Amazon’s Kindle will be the game changer. Sales are up http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146336 Friday Procrastination: Link Love : OUPblog Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:48:51 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146336 [...] Love", url: "http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/links-16/" }); Happy Friday to all. I hope you caught Evan’s column at the beginning of the week and our Dawkins podcast. Here is some more reading to [...] [...] Love”, url: “http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/links-16/” }); Happy Friday to all. I hope you caught Evan’s column at the beginning of the week and our Dawkins podcast. Here is some more reading to [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146319 Supertruth Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:57:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146319 It is difficult for me to believe that there is a reasonable market for ebooks. The current readers make it difficult to absorb information, especially with technical books. And educational e-books are also difficult to deal with. I do not think that the e-book market will be significant until there is a better reader. It is difficult for me to believe that there is a reasonable market for ebooks. The current readers make it difficult to absorb information, especially with technical books. And educational e-books are also difficult to deal with. I do not think that the e-book market will be significant until there is a better reader.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146314 Noticias Edición Digital » Blog Archive » Do you Kindle ? Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:51:43 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146314 [...] Kindle”, mais en attendant que les millions de Kindle bouleversent les internautes (voire les supputations d’Evan Schnittmann, explicitées par Virginie, qui estime à un million les ventes de Kindle d’Amazon à partir [...] [...] Kindle”, mais en attendant que les millions de Kindle bouleversent les internautes (voire les supputations d’Evan Schnittmann, explicitées par Virginie, qui estime à un million les ventes de Kindle d’Amazon à partir [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146291 != » e-book rundown Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:40:11 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146291 [...] “Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceedi...,” Evan Schnittman, a VP of Biz Dev and Rights for Oxford U Press, estimates that, “[b]y my [...] [...] “Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceedi…,” Evan Schnittman, a VP of Biz Dev and Rights for Oxford U Press, estimates that, “[b]y my [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146290 E-book sales… up, up, up, the ziggurat! « The UWTLIT Weblog Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:40:00 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146290 [...] Jump to Comments Evan Schnittman, over at the Oxford University Press (USA) blog predicts that sales of Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader sales will reach 1,000,000 units next [...] [...] Jump to Comments Evan Schnittman, over at the Oxford University Press (USA) blog predicts that sales of Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader sales will reach 1,000,000 units next [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146285 Curt Mudgeon Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:22:38 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146285 Give me the musty smell of old paper any day. Give me the musty smell of old paper any day.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146277 kindle world » Blog Archive » Read this article: http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ - Wondered to myself why I’d want to buy a Kindle when I have an iPhone? Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:49:08 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146277 [...] this article: http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ - Wondered to myself why I’d want to buy a Kindle when I have an [...] [...] this article: http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/ – Wondered to myself why I’d want to buy a Kindle when I have an [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146258 A few of the items I read on 06/10/08 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:28:14 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146258 [...] Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceedi... (tags: amazon book e-books kindle sony ebooks) [...] [...] Looks Like a Million To Me: How I Realized that Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s E-Reader Were Exceedi… (tags: amazon book e-books kindle sony ebooks) [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/06/ebooks-2/#comment-146256 A million? « The Book is Dead Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:10:43 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1874#comment-146256 [...] Posted June 11, 2008 Evan Schnittman over at OUP does a bit of kindle/reader speculating that wouldn’t be out of place over in the Apple [...] [...] Posted June 11, 2008 Evan Schnittman over at OUP does a bit of kindle/reader speculating that wouldn’t be out of place over in the Apple [...]

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