http://www.hbook.com/2011/10/blogs/read-roger/upcoming-october-28th/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.hbook.com/2011/10/blogs/read-roger/upcoming-october-28th/#comment-11981 Jamie Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:39:28 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5915#comment-11981 Harvard Book Store gives you a $5 store credit in exchange for your $5 admission fee. I think they just want to make sure they get some business out of the reading, which seems entirely reasonable to me. Harvard Book Store gives you a $5 store credit in exchange for your $5 admission fee. I think they just want to make sure they get some business out of the reading, which seems entirely reasonable to me.

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/10/blogs/read-roger/upcoming-october-28th/#comment-11980 J. L. Bell Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:10:50 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5915#comment-11980 Yes, in this case I believe the Harvard Book Store has to pay for space at the cinema. The store's been charging for high-attendance author events like this for years. And our expectations that authors (and friendly editors) appear at those events for free means that it can keep costs low. I'm not convinced that expectation can survive if publishing economics keep changing as they have. Yes, in this case I believe the Harvard Book Store has to pay for space at the cinema. The store’s been charging for high-attendance author events like this for years. And our expectations that authors (and friendly editors) appear at those events for free means that it can keep costs low. I’m not convinced that expectation can survive if publishing economics keep changing as they have.

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/10/blogs/read-roger/upcoming-october-28th/#comment-11967 Roger Sutton Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:19:10 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5915#comment-11967 In this case, at least, I don't think it's the author getting the money but the bookstore. Maybe to pay/defray the space rental? Crowd control? In this case, at least, I don’t think it’s the author getting the money but the bookstore. Maybe to pay/defray the space rental? Crowd control?

]]> http://www.hbook.com/2011/10/blogs/read-roger/upcoming-october-28th/#comment-11961 J. L. Bell Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:09:12 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=5915#comment-11961 Nobody likes being charged for something we're used to getting for free, but paying to see and hear authors in person might be one way said authors will be able to feed themselves if digital books continue to become cheaper, more widespread, and more easily lifted than print copies. That said, authors would be under pressure to make those events worth the added cost, changing the nature of a "reading." Bookstores might have to refashion themselves as lyceums. Nobody likes being charged for something we’re used to getting for free, but paying to see and hear authors in person might be one way said authors will be able to feed themselves if digital books continue to become cheaper, more widespread, and more easily lifted than print copies. That said, authors would be under pressure to make those events worth the added cost, changing the nature of a “reading.” Bookstores might have to refashion themselves as lyceums.

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