Wednesday, February 20, 2008

HarperCollins Posts Free Books on Web

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In an attempt to increase 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.

The idea is to give readers the opportunity to sample the books online in the same way that prospective buyers can flip through books in a bookstore.

“It’s like taking the shrink wrap off a book,” said Jane Friedman, chief executive of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide. “The best way to sell books is to have the consumer be able to read some of that content.” -- New York Times

Jennifer Sardam of Observed in Books: A Reader's Blog posted that, "HarperCollins also plans to upload a different title by Coelho each month for the rest of the year."

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anything that occurs once can never occur again. But, should it happen twice, it will surely happen a third time.
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Have a nice day!

Aart

Jennifer Sardam said...

Thanks for the mention.
-- Jen

Mo Ibrahim said...

You're welcome, and no problem.