They’ve been having big markdowns since Nov 1 on what appears to be almost all of their hardcopy products, and their “New Arrivals” section has nothing but e-books. Is this the wave of the future?
It makes sense from the standpoint of inventory management, but I hate to see paper go away.
This customer would prefer the option of buy a paper book OR an e-book, and the added option of BOTH for, say, retail + 20%, would be extra sweet. I think Amazon has enabled this on many items.
I think that might be deceptive because a lot of their “inventory” of e-books is simply their columns converted to e-book format. Still, I have no idea. It does seem that they haven’t gotten much new inventory in.
I also feel some attraction to the paper form of chess books, but I am becoming increasingly aware that paper is a very cumbersome way to communicate chess knowledge.
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It seems to me that there is a lot to be said for an electronic form of a book if it enables one to click through the moves without using physical pieces and a board.
As for chesscafe, I think it has been about 10 months since they sold any new Everyman or Gambit nonelectronic books.
See apps for both NewInChess and Gambit in the Apple store. The offerings are limited at this point, but I would much prefer to read a chess book on an iPad with an interactive board.