http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/flatworld-gains-investment-open-source-print-on-demand-textbooks/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:35:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/flatworld-gains-investment-open-source-print-on-demand-textbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1027773 Bob Martinengo Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:59:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/03/26/flatworld-gains-investment-open-source-print-on-demand-textbooks/#comment-1027773 Yes, this is a press-release, so you expect the spin, but still, I have to point out the 'emperors new clothes' aspect to this. Saying you are offering free ebooks, but will pay your bills by selling print and audio books is just spin. This is a publisher that is selling print books and audio books and giving away ebooks is just a loss-leader. If the ebooks were that great, no one would buy the other formats, and unless they start selling ads, they go out of business. There is very little new under the sun, and this company, interesting as it is, ain't it. Yes, this is a press-release, so you expect the spin, but still, I have to point out the ‘emperors new clothes’ aspect to this. Saying you are offering free ebooks, but will pay your bills by selling print and audio books is just spin. This is a publisher that is selling print books and audio books and giving away ebooks is just a loss-leader. If the ebooks were that great, no one would buy the other formats, and unless they start selling ads, they go out of business. There is very little new under the sun, and this company, interesting as it is, ain’t it.

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