Comments on: Ebook Content vs. Ebook Price

By: Deena

Deena — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:34:47 +0000

Thanks for responding! I’m with you. I just want to read the book. Extra stories would be nice. I’m less interested in how the author came to write the book.

Now we just have to figure out how to make the most people happy while annoying the least.

By: j1dias

j1dias — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:59:43 +0000

I voted for Nothing Else. All the other options are not really adding anything to my reading experience. If anything they will be cluttering the ebook I purchased. If I want bio or synopsis or excerpts of other books I can get them online.

When I thing about additional content/material I think more like – having an interview with the author about the book. Or some short stories around the book – either focusing on less important characters of the plot, or giving some background information around the plot. Maybe some links throughout the book similar to the director’s comments on DVDs.

I hope this makes sense. Good poll.

By: Deena

Deena — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:26:42 +0000

Hmm, hit the wrong button at the wrong time. Thanks, and those ideas are interesting. I don’t mind ads either, as long as they’re separate from the text. I don’t like being distracted from the story.

By: Deena

Deena — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:22:41 +0000

Hey Larry, thanks for joining in!

By: Larry Chace

Larry Chace — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:07:45 +0000

Interesting questions, should some of the additional information be in print books too. What do people want to read other than the story.

I tend to not like the excerpts one or more chapters because too many times I stand in the bookstore or sit at the computer looking at the screen or at a book thinking, gee this sounds familiar, do I already have it.

I guess I read too much and write books too. They all tend to blend together after a while.

A nice addition to the E-book might be a section of short ideas an author has to extend the book into a series with a website for comments.

Maybe a list of websites (e-books should in theory be easier to keep up to date) that point you to more of the information. I personally would not mind a section of adds at the end of the story as long as they weren’t disguised as being a part of the book.

I am an author of fantasy and science fiction books in the little spare time I have from being a farmer.

I wouldn’t mind seeing a big glass of purple grape juice on a page saying something about buy Welch’s Juice and support this authors farming habit.

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By: JA Howe

JA Howe — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:07:38 +0000

I much prefer paper books for various reasons, but I don’t see why ebooks shouldn’t include the same type of things that those do: author bio, thanks, references if they were required, maybe a chapter of some other book said author has coming out or has already published… It would make ebooks easier for me to handle (*G*at the moment, I’m just an elf-friend when it comes to computers; I use them because I must).

Jess

By: Christina Whitcher

Christina Whitcher — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:58:28 +0000

@Teresa Wymore,

Wow! These are great ideas. I like them VERY much. I’d choose the Kindle book over the Print if it came with at least half of what you suggest.

By: Deena

Deena — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:37:08 +0000

@Isabelle Santiago,

I like that idea a lot. Couching it in those terms makes it more of a service than a blatant attempt to get the reader’s money without considering their interests.

By: Deena

Deena — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:36:15 +0000

@Gary Inbinder,

I love, love, love illustrations, but they make the file size pretty huge too.