The True Cost of Going Digital

In What's the Buzz by Daniel Kalder

By Daniel Kalder Digital publishing is transforming the book trade. But are publishers really prepared to grasp the challenges — not only technical but also financial — that transitioning to this brave new world involves? Dominique Raccah — founder, publisher and chief executive of Sourcebooks, one of the largest independent book publishers in the USA — thinks not. “It isn’t …

Do Enhanced Ebooks Demand Premium Pricing?

In Discussion by Edward Nawotka

By Edward Nawotka Today’s lead story features an interview with Peter Collingridge, co-founder of Enhanced Editions, an e-book and iPhone publisher in the UK. The definition of what exactly is an “enhanced ebook” is up for debate. Generally speaking, it is a traditional text-and-image ebook that has been augmented — or “enhanced” — by the inclusion of audio and video, …