Ebooks, Publishers, Authors, and Vendors

"Hiptype wants to be the Google Analytics for ebooks"
"Retailers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble are already collecting data about how users are consuming ebooks on their platforms — but the book publishers themselves have no access to that retailer data..."

 Mines the need that ebook authors have for reliable analytics concerning their ebook sales which are not currently being reported to them.
Notes that HipType intends to fill the gap by providing ebook authors with analytics such as how many people have acquired the book and how far they are in the reading.
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"What Should I Read Next?"

"Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our huge database of real readers' favorite books to provide book recommendations and suggestions for what to read next."
Mines a massive database of readers to compare the user's interests with millions of others, and interrogates books that will be of interest to you, creating a personal reading list.
Notes that this site has been used 10,000,000, times, and the page is very simple, no frills.
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"Self-Publishing And Ebook Sharing: The Industry's New Bellwethers"
"Never in the history of books have authors and publishers alike had access to two such fantastic bellwethers of readers’ desires than self-publishing and ebook sharing sites. Never has it been easier to take the market’s temperature and find out what’s popular.”

Mines the popularity of romance and erotica novels in the ebook market to show how standard genres and those less in the mainstream are fairing. Interrogates effects that massive successes in ebooks have on the marketplace for books.
Notes that ebooks act as a testing ground for the new and the non-mainstream, where little risk falls on the shoulders of authors, readers, or publishers.
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Source is Forbes.

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