21/06/07

Vic Keegan on the Future of Book Sites

I’m sure you’ve all seen this, but well worth a read. It’s about new social media sites around books and reading, and Vic’s article is an overview of the “new start-ups fighting for attention in this fledgling space in an attempt to become the dominant provider”

Where is all this leading? As these book sites get bigger they will suddenly realise the leverage that their members have given them. It is not completely fanciful to speculate that they could use their huge user bases to negotiate for cheaper books directly with the publishers rather than intermediaries. Watch out, Amazon.

It’s a new online chapter for books, Guardian Technology.

Posted by Peter Collingridge in Future of the book, Librarything, Publishing, Web.