What is Random House’s committment to epublishing?
Random House does believe in epublishing. We are currently working on several digital initiatives. We have one of the largest ebook programs in the US. For example, when Sony launched its ebook Connect store in September 2006, about 1/3 of the catalog were Random House books. Who decides what books are put into ebook format? We have over 100 imprints at Random House and we work closely with each division to determine which books are most appropriate to include in the eBook program. As the market evolves we are working to increase the percentage of our books that become eBooks, but ultimately, each division makes the final decision on which titles are included. The many different formats are confusing to readers. What are publishers doing to alleviate that? While we understand that this is a frustration, publisher hands are tied because we are not the ones manufacturing the devices and software. Right now, we can only wait and see if there will be one dominant platform. Until that time,
