E-book “windowing”

Earlier this week, I wrote about some recent expressions of concern or alarm (you decide) about e-books.  Events have unfolded quickly in the three days since, as Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group and (yesterday) HarperCollins announced plans to delay the release of e-book formats for some front-list titles.

This has generated a good deal of discussion among friends, colleagues and industry observers.  Five potentially useful links:

Kassia Krozser, posting on BookSquare, dissects the thinking and favors simultaneous release

Mike Cane, posting on The eBook Test, argues forcefully for a new paradigm

Michael Cairns, (re)posting on Personanondata, shows how the current situation was predicted and predictable

Todd Sattersten, an author and reviewer, on losing sight of customers

At paidContent.org, James McQuivey of Forrester Research builds an argument based on his view of the future of content pricing.

I am sure there are others; feel free to post useful links in comments.

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