[LINK] Kim Carr's eBook working group is a joke

[Scott Howard]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Stilgherrian <stil at stilgherrian.com>wrote:

> "I love Gleebooks, but can anyone imagine that co-owner David Gaunt is not
> aware that more efficient digital distribution methods have the potential to
> put his fantastic bookstore out of business?
>

Two of the latest physical book retailers in the US are Amazon and Barnes
and Noble.  These are now also two of the largest ebook retailers in the
US.  Whilst I agree that Gleebooks doesn't have the same potential to become
a major ebook retailers like B&N/Amazon/etc have, simply ruling them out
because they are a retailers seems short-sited to me.

"Or what about Ross Gibb, the managing director of Macmillan Australia — the
> local division of one of the world’s largest paper book publishers?"
>

Aren't Macmillan also one of the largest ebook publishers worldwide too?
Surely that's sufficient reason to have them involved?

  Scott.