Sanders & Roush launch eBookWeb
After Gemstar took e-BookNet off the web several months ago, every e-book site tried to fill the void. Unfortunately none of them had the secret ingredient that e-BookNet had. None of them had Glenn Sanders and Wade Roush. Sanders and Roush announced this week the launching of eBookWeb, a site dedicated to news and opinions on e-books and e-publishing. Their press release follows this article.
Also this week R.R. Bowker has agreed to list netLibrary's 30,000 eBooks among the 4.1 million titles in its Books in Print book information database. R.R. Bowker has also struck a deal with Alibris.com, the online used, rare and out-of-print online bookstore, to add Alibris's 15 million titles to http://www.booksinprint.com. Baker and Taylor has also agreed to list Alibris.com titles through its Title Source II Web site. Links will take users to the appropriate pages on Alibris.com, which will fulfill used, rare and out-of-print orders.
Barnes & Noble.com, had great news for the more than 7,000 authors who have paid print-on-demand services provider iUniverse to issue their books. Barnes & Noble will offer in-store events to any iUniverse author who can convince the local Barnes & Noble manager to host the event.
Sounds like a very progressive and generous act but keep in mind that the chain holds a 29% stake in iUniverse (http://www.iuniverse.com). So by launching its New Writer's Nights, it is only inviting iUniverse authors to participate in the event. These events will be held every three months or so according to Riggio, VP of Barnes and Noble and not during the fall season. The books will be sold on consignment and the author is responsible for bringing enough books to sell and removing the unsold copies. That's not an unreasonable request and the author will receive 80% of the retail price, which is more than fair.
There are more than 7,000 iUniverse authors with more than 10,000 titles. It sounds like a win-win situation for everyone. It would be nice if B&N let other self-published authors in on the deal but I imagine this promotion will be advantageous to iUniverse in attracting authors especially when one considers the two million dollar ad campaign from Times Warner to attract authors to its iPublish program.
MENLO PARK, California - June 14, 2001 - The Electronic Publishing Resource Center (EPRC), a non-profit organization directed by former eBookNet executive editor Glenn Sanders, announced today that it will launch an independent news and community website designed for the eBook world.
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