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March 25, 2009
I promised a blog post about electronic publishing and — haven’t delivered. It’s not for lack of trying, it’s just that I can’t really anyone here who seems interested or who wants to talk on the record. Here’s what I have so far.
There is no one here from Scholastic to discuss the issue. Ditto RH. Susan Katz of HarperCollins and I keep missing one another. I did have a conversation with Jean Feiwel and Simon Boughton, who said they were still working through their recent changes and would have to wait until they had the infrastructure for electronic and multi-platform publishing. Clearly it’s part of their long-term vision.
In France, there seems to be a somewhat organized approach to ebooks in that the big players, Gallimard/La Martinière and Hachette want to maintain the integrity of the supply chain all the way through to booksellers. Launch is set for September ’09. Just for the record, de Marque will handle digital preparation for the 200 editors and imprints available to the Gallimard group. (Source: Livres Hebdo.). At this time it is unclear whether Hachette will approach in this way.
More to come when I hear of anything.
Posted by Craig Virden on March 25, 2009 | Comments (0)
