New Paperless Publishing Method
Kurzweil AI links to a NY Times story about Scribd giving authors 80% royalties for works uploaded to the web for eventual distribution to Kindle and iPhone apps.
After working at Pulpless.com, I believe moving media bits electronically is greener than transporting physical plastic drink coasters and dead tree editions.
I’ve blogged about Google’s energy use recently and Virtual Book Tours not so recently.
Quoting myself again:
“. . .Virtual Book Tours remove the need for authors to jet around to various cities and also eliminates readers having to drive to the bookstore for the signing event. It’s more convenient for everyone, more lucrative for the author to reach a global audience. . .”
