> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of rick_ollerman
> I don't the Covey thing means a whole lot at all, other than to serve the
"print books
> must/will die" credo. The reason why is that Covey writes business books.
His
> primary demo is businessmen who also happen to be big readers but often
not big
> book people. In other words, they may read voraciously but once read, the
books
> are clutter that need to be moved out of the house. An eBook reader fits
in
> perfectly with this way of thinking which is why, I believe, this is such
a good match.
> It tells me whoever put together this deal understands this stuff.
> In short, the Covey deal hits his sweetspot of readership right where they
want it to
> be. At this point in time, I don't see any way this has any carryover
effect on other
> genres, nor why it should.
I've often wondered the same thing: that is, if the e-book tsunami that
some people are predicting will instead be a small tidal wave that swamps
only the business, instructional and textbook reader. From my admittedly
non-objective perspective, it seems like that is for who the Kindle, et al
is ideally designed. While clearly there will be (and already are)
e-inroads made into fiction as well, I do wonder if there will ultimately be
a significant split between fiction and non-fiction, with fiction being
considerably less affected by the revolution than non-fiction.
I have nothing to base that on, other than hope and supposition, but it will
be interesting to see if such a division forms.
Ron C.
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