“HarperCollins Begins Selling Ebooks Directly to Readers, Starting with CSLewis.com and Narnia.com”
In a first for a big-five publisher, HarperCollins has begun selling some ebooks directly to consumers, beginning with titles by C.S. Lewis, the author of the classic Narnia series. The ebooks are available through two new websites, Narnia.com and CSLewis.com, as DRM-protected EPUB files. Each book in the Narnia series is $6.99. Accenture Digital Services is providing the backend.
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…you’re buying an Adobe DRM-protected EPUB file, so Kindle users can’t purchase the ebooks directly through HarperCollins’ site unless they want to break the DRM and then convert to MOBI.
Direct to Full Text of Gigaom Article Including News About Launch of HarperCollins Reader App
See Also: Accenture to Create Global E-Book Fulfillment Platform for HarperCollins (via Business Wire)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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