Al, you are right. I misread the article that they were going to be publishing a new book with a 1-year exclusive. This changes the impact of this. BUT still, at some point, amazon or one of the other retailers will get a new book from one of the mega-bestsellers.
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Guthrie" <allan@...> wrote:
>
> Which book are you talking about, Dave?
>
> The Amazon press release says this:
> "Despite being published 20 years ago, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
> People" is a perennial top 50 bestselling book on Amazon.com. The author of
> several acclaimed books, Covey has also received numerous honors and awards,
> including being named one of Time magazine's "25 Most Influential
> Americans." The print versions of Covey's books are published by Simon &
> Schuster. These electronic versions of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
> People" and "Principle-Centered Leadership" are being published through
> RosettaBooks."
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...>
> To: <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: possibly the biggest publishing story of the year
>
>
> > Al, nope. The book will be only available exclusively for the Kindle for
> > one year before being printed.
>
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