The IDPF has posted stats for e-book sales for the first quarter of 2008. There is a noted 35% increase over the first quarter of last year. There are, however, some caveats regarding the numbers.
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Waterstones and Borders to Sell E-Books in UK
In US, Market Share for Online Retail Is Growing
BookRabbit: "Wiki" Bookselling
New Harper Imprint Goes Non-Returnable
The Wire and eBay: Economics, Scarcity, and Digital Product
All those who know me will surely not be surprised that I have managed to incorporate Stringer Bell into my personal analysis of eBay’s recent decision to stop selling eBooks in auction. For those who are unfamiliar with the depth of my obsessive dissection of both the HBO series and economic models for e-product, well, welcome to wonderland.
No More E-Books for eBay
As of April 29th, eBay will no longer sell downloadable items:
“We’ll be banning all goods that can be digitally downloaded or transferred electronically from being listed in any format on eBay.co.uk and eBay.ie”
Quamut: Where Wiki Meets Bookstore Meets How-To
While the exact definition of a Barnes and Nobles Quamut remains unclear to my non-Millenial brain, I would venture that the term stands for what happens when you throw Home Depot, Wikipedia and a big chain bookstore into a blender and then hit ‘Combine’.
