Publishers of books on information technology have long been bundling ebooks with print. See, for example, what is offerred on https://www.manning.com/ and https://nostarch.com/. They also give readers a chance to see books as they are written, chapter by chapter, suggesting, perhaps, 21st century, non-fiction versions of Dicken's novels.
Bundles make sense. I’ve long advocated for every physical book to include the digital versions and marvel at why this still is not a thing. It’s probably nbd to most people a whole lot younger than me that I can have six screens in my house (or out and about) and I can access the same music and video library from any of them at any time, also any book that happens to be digital ... tens of thousands of dollars of media over the decades since iTunes and Kindle....
Now, if there was some way for the physical book and the kindle to synch up so that I can start reading on a kindle, switch to audiobook to fall asleep and grab the physical book for an hour in the morning with coffee and a dog all while not having to remember what page I was on... well, I guess I’d just re-read fewer chapters. But that would be rather cool...
I would buy bundles in a nanosecond. I most like combining nonfiction audio with reading on a printed page or screen (especially the latter bc of the search function). Less so for fiction.
Publishers of books on information technology have long been bundling ebooks with print. See, for example, what is offerred on https://www.manning.com/ and https://nostarch.com/. They also give readers a chance to see books as they are written, chapter by chapter, suggesting, perhaps, 21st century, non-fiction versions of Dicken's novels.
Yes and the process should be expanded to trade books. Tks.
Bundles make sense. I’ve long advocated for every physical book to include the digital versions and marvel at why this still is not a thing. It’s probably nbd to most people a whole lot younger than me that I can have six screens in my house (or out and about) and I can access the same music and video library from any of them at any time, also any book that happens to be digital ... tens of thousands of dollars of media over the decades since iTunes and Kindle....
Now, if there was some way for the physical book and the kindle to synch up so that I can start reading on a kindle, switch to audiobook to fall asleep and grab the physical book for an hour in the morning with coffee and a dog all while not having to remember what page I was on... well, I guess I’d just re-read fewer chapters. But that would be rather cool...
I would buy bundles in a nanosecond. I most like combining nonfiction audio with reading on a printed page or screen (especially the latter bc of the search function). Less so for fiction.