{"id":1681,"date":"2014-09-26T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gtm360.com\/blog\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T08:28:42","slug":"how-to-accelerate-mainstream-adoption-of-ebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm360.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/26\/how-to-accelerate-mainstream-adoption-of-ebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Accelerate Mainstream Adoption Of eBooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"THEINNERCIRCLE-BRADMELTZER\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As soon as I opened The Inner Circle<\/a><\/strong>, Brad Meltzer’s novel about the presidential spy ring Culper Ring, on my B&N Nook Color, I noticed that it had 977 pages. Which is quite a lot for the average paperback.<\/p>\n

I’m no stranger to big books – Texas<\/em> by James A. Michener, Exodus<\/em> by Leon Uris and Atlas Shrugged<\/em> by Ayn Rand\u00a0are at least three novels I’ve read that I recall crossed the 1K page mark – but an average bestseller tends to get tedious beyond 450-500 pages.<\/p>\n

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Bonus Novel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nevertheless, I decided to give The Inner Circle a try, telling myself that I’d dump it as soon as it started dragging. When I reached page # 450 or so, I began to feel that the story had reached a logical conclusion and started wondering what was in store in the next 500+ pages.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, nothing. The book ended at page # 458.<\/p>\n

Curious to find out what was occupying the next 500+ pages – malware? – I flicked on. I got past the table of contents, copyright notice and a few more standard pages until I saw a bonus book starting from page 467.<\/p>\n

Unlike free first chapter previews regularly thrown in at the end of most eBooks nowadays, The Inner Circle actually gave away a whole book for free. And not just any book – \u00a0The Cabinet Of Curiosities <\/strong>has received\u00a0a 4-star rating on my\u00a0go-to book review app Goodreads.<\/p>\n

With two books for the price of one, The Inner Circle was great value for money.<\/p>\n

Not to look the gift horse in the mouth but the notification of the bonus book should’ve ideally appeared at the start of the book – avid readers know the difference between racing through a 400-odd page book once a week and settling down for a 1000 page tome a few times in their whole lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

By bundling another book at no extra cost, publishers can take the value proposition of eBooks to the next level and thereby accelerate the pace of their mainstream adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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