HarperCollins to post free book content

In a bid to boost book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site, including a novel by Paulo Coelho and a cookbook by the Food Network star Robert Irvine. Read more at the New York Times.

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2 Comments

  1. Posted March 29, 2008 at 11:13 am | Permalink

    This is a great book. I have used almost everything in it to "Plug" my new book coming out.

    Thanks Steve!! Very helpful!

  2. Posted October 22, 2008 at 9:14 am | Permalink

    As someone who is sharply critical of traditional publishing, I can only opine that efforts such as HarperCollins' are too little, too late. The genie is out of the bottle and the new technologies allow indie-minded writers to bypass the gate-keepers (editors who are sub-literate, agents who are sub-human) and go directly to readers. No more middlemen required. Traditional publishing is going to take a worse battering than daily newspapers and record companies. And I couldn't be happier. Twenty-five years as a professional writer, a quarter of a century spent dealing with dingbats. Corporate publishing is dying, publishers down-sizing, editors handed their walking papers–ding dong, the witch is dead!

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