As if to confirm a Mike Cane post on p-books and the energy crisis, and the E alternative, publisher-marketer Noel Griese posted the following to the Self-publishing list on Thursday:
"I sold six skids—13,500 books—today. That’s 9,000 paperbacks and 4,500 hardbacks. Had to rush to get ’em out of the warehouse and on their way to Los Angeles because the warehouse will be closed Friday and Monday for Memorial Day. Getting a decent freight quote ($1,128) was a challenge—cost of diesel is making trucking a major concern."
$30-$35 hardbacks on the way?
Noel G. didn’t mention E vs. P, but whether or not he’d think that way, I suspect many TeleBlog regulars will. Will hardbacks soon cost $30-$35? Of course, one issue is whether the current $100+ for a barrel of oil is a sustainable. Opinions vary.
Related: Higher oil prices: Good for bad for e-books? The result of our 2006 poll were 21 percent good (because of the price increase in P books), 21 percent bad (less money to experiment with tech) and 58 percent "Could go either way." Thanks to the publicity bonanza e-books have gotten from the Kindle, making E less of an unknown, I myself would say "Good for E" even though the energy crisis is bad for society in general.
Image: CC-licensed photo from eMaringolo.
