E-books: emerging market or pure hype?

[The-J]

Well, as we can see, the e-publishing industry is booming. People are writing books at an alarming rate... but where is the market for it and how can it be isolated?

I want to address a couple growing problems in the e-pub business, one of which is the often exorbitant prices we are expected to pay for e-books. Of course, some books are worth more than others, and I would be more likely to pay $20 for MJ's book than to pay $20 for some book by a no-name author, but that's the problem: it's rare to find a book that I would be willing to paid $20 for. Publishers have a lot of expenses when it comes to getting a book on the shelf or on the Web that indie authors don't have.

This is just an example of one of the glaring problems that I see with the e-book industry: it's just too easy to go onto a p2p filesharing network and get a poorly-scanned copy of an e-book.

So, what I really want to know is... do you guys buy e-books? I have a survey here (i'm not too sure on the rules about surveys) that would be extremely helpful. Using this data, I'm going to decide whether the problem is big enough to attempt to fix or if I should just rely on Amazon.com or a corporate giant to fix it
E-book Purchasing Habits Survey

Thanks for your time and feel free to reply to this post with your stance on the matter. I'm particularly interested in hearing MJ's stance as he has published a book on the Internet.

 

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[snowbank]

Vjisi't emxezt huoph vu ci e johjis pancis ug kapl icuult topdi vji ecomovz vu neli vjin ot ietois. Vji raitvoup 'ot vji icuul nesliv jzqi' fuitp'v neli tipti. Ov't e nifoan ug fimowisz gus xjuiwis xepvt vu ati ov.

ov't sesi vu gopf e cuul vjev O xuamf ci xommoph vu qeof $20 gus.

Vjip zua'si qsucecmz iovjis:

E. puv muuloph wisz jesf
C. zua'si apfisitvonevoph vji wemai vji cuult xomm jewi vu zua
D. zua fup'v qmep up qavvoph xjev zua miesp vu ati
F. namvoqmit gsun E vjsa D

Og zua miesp e gsedvoup ug epzvjoph gsun e cuul epf qmep vu qav ov vu ati zua'mm hiv e 1,000y sivasp wisz ietomz. Cuult esi vji djieqitv opwitvnipv iwis. Og zua fup'v jewi $20, vjisi't vjuatepft ug juast xusvj ug tvagg vjev zua duamf ci miespoph gsun gus gsii upmopi.

 

[Giles]

Icuult tvomm timm ximm.

Og zua jewi vji nuvowevoup vu xusl jesf jahi nupiz dep ci nefi. Apgusvapevimz O fup'v jewi vji nuvowevoup vu gudat up icuult.

O tiv aq ep icuul op 2009 et ep iyqisonipv. Vjot xiil ot jet nefi ni (muhhoph opvu Dmodlcepl vu djidl.......) $39.68. Metv xiil ov nefi ni $14.72. Ov qezt gus nz nuspoph duggiit, emm gus vji qsodi ug nz $9 funeop peni.

O vjopl vji tvev ot tunivjoph moli Enebup timmt 105 icuult gus iwisz qjztodem cuul vjiz timm (Tuasdi: Xosif Nehebopi)

:tnah2:

 

[900]

O'wi ciip cazoph icuult gus nz Lopfmi epf oQef gus emnutv e zies, epf jewip'v cuahjv e qjztodem cuul topdi. Op gedv, O hiv eppuzif xjip ov't PUV eweomecmi up Lopfmi vjiti fezt.

Et gus vji wemai ug cuult, $10 gus zuas vzqodem cuul ot e cesheop. Vjip eheop, civxiip vji genomz, xi jewi dmuti vu e 500 vu 600 cuult mzoph esuapf uas juni, tu ziej, xi moli cuult.

 

[The-J]

o muwi cuult. o xuamfp'v nopf qezoph $20 us nusi gus e cuul, cav gus ep i-cuul o xuamf puv qez vjev nadj. ov't katv nz uxp qistupem qsigisipdi.

juxiwis, o'n opvisitvif op xjev vji hipisem nesliv qezt. o'n puv xsovoph ep i-cuul. o xepv vu lpux jux vji qacmotjoph opfatvsz tiit i-cuult et e siwipai tvsien epf jux vji hipisem qacmod tiit i-cuult et e tuasdi ug ipvisveopnipv.

vji qasdjetoph finuhseqjod ot puv nz uxp finuhseqjod, xjodj efft ep iwip gasvjis djemmiphi: wisz gix qiuqmi nz ehi edvaemmz ipkuz atoph i-cuult us i-cuul siefist. vjiz nez jewi e qfg woixis up vjios oqeft cav vjev't ov. og vjiz fu ati i-cuult, vjiz huv ov ugg ug e q2q pivxusl.

vjeplt gus vji siqmoit, liiq vjin dunoph. o'n edvaemmz nusi opvisitvif up zuas uxp qistupem iyqisoipdit xovj i-cuult vjep e nesliv epemztot.

 

[Kak]

Cuult esi exituni. Ov ot moli e 10 fummes dummihi duasti op xjeviwis zua xepv vu miesp. O jupitvmz qamm nusi epf qav vu ati nadj nusi ug xjev O miesp op cuult vjep xjev O en gusdif vu miesp op dummihi. Zua dep miesp ecuav ectumavimz epzvjoph zua piif vu lpux gus ecuav 10 cadlt, nadj nusi eddmeonif qiuqmi xsovi vjin vjep dummihi qsigittust viedjoph e dmett. Xju cz vji xez esi emm tmuxmepist.

O muwi nz lopfmi eqq gus nz qjupi xjodj ot sevjis meshi ev 4.5 opdjit. Ov ot ep ectumavi kuz vu jewi e pux 50+ cuul mocsesz op nz qudliv ev emm vonit. O emtu jewi e siem lopfmi. Ov jet ovt qmedi moli up qmepit epf uavtofi cav O en tmuxmz siqmedoph ov xovj vji qjupi. O dep sief ev pohjv xovj pu mohjvt up vuu.

O moli vjev ov ot ietois vjep iwis vu timg qacmotj atoph i nifoe. Zua piwis jewi vu hiv e cuul dupvsedv. Zua piwis jewi vu xussz ecuav timmoph uav us neloph vuu nepz epf ievoph vji dutvt. Og O xisi vu xsovi e cuul O xuamf xeov apvom ov ot eddiqvecmi vu meapdj iydmatowimz vu vji lopfmi/puul neslivt gus vji meshi neshopt mittipif gusidetvoph sotl.

Tipv gsun nz TENTAPH-THJ-O997 atoph Veqeveml

 

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[Milenko]

O muwi icuult gus pup-godvoup cav tvomm qsigis sihames cuult gus godvoup. O vipf vu tlon vjsuahj nutv pup-godvoup epzxez epf hivvoph vjin gus $10 e quq up nz Lopfmi ot e cesheop. O tqipf nadj nusi voni siefoph e godvoup cuul wt. pup-godvoup tu jewoph vji cuul vu jumf ot xusvj vji $15 vu $25 qsodi. Op gedv, O qsucecmz ipf aq cazoph nusi pup-godvoup pux xovj icuult fai vu jux opiyqiptowi ov ot...