E-books for Horn

It has been reported that at Amazon.com E-books now outsell hard copy books. With that thought, there is a changing dynamic to the sales of horn books that the market is also adjusting to.

As a representative sample, the below are highlights of what E-books are available now on Amazon.com. These are all Kindle E-books, but Amazon helpfully notes that if you don’t have a Kindle you can download a free Kindle application to read them on your computer.

Books/Methods

Hill–Collected Thoughts on Teaching and Learning, Creativity and Horn Performance

Farkas–The Art of French Horn Playing

Kind–An Alexander Technique Approach to French Horn Technique

Schmidt-Jones–Understanding Your French Horn

Study Materials

Singer–Embouchure Building for French Horn

Labar–Horn Player’s Audition Handbook

Pottag-Hovey Method for French Horn

Solos

Beethoven–Horn Sonata in F Major, Op. 17

Strauss–Horn Concerto No. 1 

Easy Classical French Horn Solos: Featuring music of Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Handel and other composers

A final thought

While many of the above are long time best-sellers of the horn world, several are also new to me. For sure more E-books are on the way, as they are cheaper and convenient and portable. This is a method of delivering books to readers that will likely grow to dominate the market, just as downloads have decimated the CD market. What do you think? Click on the comments menu below to leave your thoughts.

Buying or selling something?

Check out Horn Matters Classified Ads!

Please visit our advertising sponsors:

• Ken Pope Repair
• Houghton Horns

Related articles:

1. Anxious? A Couple Books to Read Many performers have performance anxiety to various degrees that inhibit peak performance. It can be a career breaker if the...
2. On the New Books I am pleased to report first that all of my new publications are selling. I have sold the most copies...
3. Books on Horn Playing are like a Great Private Lesson I just purchased several new publications relating to brass playing. I love reading new and old books of this type. Each...
4. On the Demise of “Playing High Horn,” a Descant Dissertation, and E-books Last week I was able to post a video of my performance last year of the Bach B minor mass...
5. How did you Write Four Books in One Year?? As my Dad used to say, Rome wasn’t built in a day. As indicated in the prior posts on the...
6. Suggested Summer Projects Our first day of brass juries is today–the semester is nearly over. In relation to that I have been speaking...
7. The Four Books 2.5 Years Later, and an Excerpt from Playing the Wagner Tuba 2007 was a busy year for me as I put together four book projects and launched a publishing venture. Of...