Simon & Schuster is making their first effort at selling individual chapters of books electronically on Dr. Mehmet Oz’s www.ask.doctoroz.com site, starting with all of the YOU books published by Free Press and co-authored with Michael Roizen. S&S chief digital officer Ellie Hirschhorn says “this opens up a new world of opportunities for where and how our digital content can be distributed and sold, and we plan to expand both the chapter selling model and use of our e-commerce widget to other content categories.” The drm-wrapped pdf files will sell for between two and three dollars “based on the number […]
