Storbritannias største bokhandelkjede, Waterstone, har siden 2012 samarbeidet med Amazon og pushet Kindle til sine kunder. Amazon går ikke ut med omsetningstall for Kindle, men tidlig i januar meldte Waterstone at salget av Kindle i deres butikker har kollapset, skriver Financial Times.
I oktober slo analysebyrået Mintel fast at veksten i e-boksalget i 2014 var svakere enn på lenge. Bransjebladet Publishers Weekly meldte i desember at e-boksalget i USA falt i tredje kvartal i fjor. Etter en kraftig prosentvis økning i USA i perioden 2008 til 2011, viser tall fra den Amerikanske Forleggerforeningen at salgsutviklingen i USA går tregere enn først forventet. Det skriver Anne Schiøtz i Bokhandlerforeningen i sin masteroppgave fra i fjor, der hun analyserte nordmenns holdninger til e-bøker.
Omsetningen av e-bøker i Norge økte med 70 prosent fra 2012 til 2013, men utgjør fortsatt en forsvinnende liten del av bokmarkedet.
Kilde: Aftenposten
onsdag 4. februar 2015
mandag 2. februar 2015
Books to Have and to Hold
When I read a physical book, I remember the text and the book — its shape, jacket, heft and typography. When I read an e-book, I remember the text alone. The bookness of the book simply disappears, or rather it never really existed. Amazon reminds me that I’ve already bought the e-book I’m about to order. In bookstores, I find myself discovering, as if for the first time, books I’ve already read on my iPad.
All of this makes me think differently about the books in my physical library. They used to be simply there, arranged on the shelves, a gathering of books I’d already read. But now, when I look up from my e-reading, I realize that the physical books are serving a new purpose — as constant reminders of what I’ve read. They say, “We’re still here,” or “Remember us?” These are the very things that e-books cannot say, hidden under layers of software, tucked away in the cloud, utterly absent when the iPad goes dark.
Kilde: NYTimes.com
All of this makes me think differently about the books in my physical library. They used to be simply there, arranged on the shelves, a gathering of books I’d already read. But now, when I look up from my e-reading, I realize that the physical books are serving a new purpose — as constant reminders of what I’ve read. They say, “We’re still here,” or “Remember us?” These are the very things that e-books cannot say, hidden under layers of software, tucked away in the cloud, utterly absent when the iPad goes dark.
Kilde: NYTimes.com
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