One-Word Explanation of Why Enhanced E-Books Won’t Work | Publishing In the 21st Century
The word is “Greed”, says author Tony Woodlief in the Wall Street Journal.
Is that the right word? We can agree on it as a working hypothesis, but in truth the issues are far too complicated for such oversimplification, and unfortunately they’re about [...]
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Cover story
It’s a vintage cliche: “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” But we all do it. When we’re standing in a bookshop, surrounded by enticing three-for-two deals, we spend our money on the covers which not only look the best but will make us appear fashionably well-adjusted when they’re on our bookshelves.
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China E-Book Firm Challenges PDF — PDF — InformationWeek
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StrategyEye – Industry Intelligence
Verizon Wireless is working on a tablet computer with Google, according to the mobile operator's CEO, Lowell McAdam. Such a move will give Google the chance to reach Verizon customers, who outnumber those of any other US operator, and could pit Google and Verizon against the long-standing partnership between AT&T and Apple.
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WSJ Uses Foursquare: What It Could Mean for Publishing
The Wall Street Journal announced yesterday that it has launched “The Greater New York,” a local section of the newspaper dedicated to covering New York City.
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MAX HASTINGS: I can't text and adore dusty old books, but when I was given an electronic reader I was [...]
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Penguin launches Angelology app | theBookseller.com
Penguin’s first free book app was for The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman in January; according to the publisher, it has been downloaded 50,000 times and became the top-selling free book app in the UK, with 8% of sales coming directly from the book app.
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What’s so hard to understand about Random House’s strategy? – The Shatzkin Files
I wonder why they wonder.
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Mobile Opportunity: The future of publishing: Why ebooks failed in 2000, and what that means for 2010
This post is adapted from a speech I gave at the O'Reilly Tools of Change publishing industry conference in February.
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Baldacci Hopes Enhanced E-Book Will Put Focus on Content, Not Price – 2010-03-16 18:53:08 | Publishers Weekly
Bestselling author David Baldacci said he was eager to work on the new enhanced e-book that will be released with his new hardcover Deliver Us from Evil because he didn't like the way the landscape was playing out in [...]
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Readers Are Devouring Apple Book Apps – BusinessWeek
Michel Kripalani started making e-books when e-books weren't cool. A veteran creator of video games, Kripalani began developing downloadable digital books about a year ago.
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Go To Hellman: eBooks in Libraries a Thorny Problem, Says Macmillan CEO
"If there's a model where the publisher gets a piece [...]
