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Morgan Cowie
October 21, 2008
Marketing

BitTorrent: A Great Marketing Tool?

Morgan Cowie
October 21, 2008
Marketing
Content producers aren’t always thrilled when they think about content being ‘released’ on torrent sites. Visions of pirated copies, unauthorized distribution and out-and-out mayhem arise for most—but not for the University of Seattle’s program director, Dan Morrill.

Tagged: authors

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Morgan Cowie
October 21, 2008
Ebooks

What Happens to E-Readers in a Recession?

Morgan Cowie
October 21, 2008
Ebooks
For those who haven’t heard enough about the upcoming/current recession, The Digitalist offers a perspective on what happens to emerging technology like e-reading gadgets as the communal discretionary spend pool begins to shrink.

Tagged: ereaders, industry commentary

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Morgan Cowie
October 15, 2008
Bookselling, Research & Analysis, Ebooks

Frankfurt Talks Digital

Morgan Cowie
October 15, 2008
Bookselling, Research & Analysis, Ebooks
Frankfurt Book Fair’s digital survey, collected from more than 1000 industry professionals in more than 30 countries, provides some interesting predictions about the future of the book.

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Morgan Cowie
October 15, 2008
Conferences & Events, Marketing

SEO for Publishers

Morgan Cowie
October 15, 2008
Conferences & Events, Marketing
If you’re wondering whether more of your marketing budget should be invested in Search Engine Optimization, or if you’re just not seeing yourself pop up on major search engines, O’Reilly is offering a free web seminar that might be useful. And…it’s free. So why not?

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Morgan Cowie
October 8, 2008
Publishing, Ebooks

New E-Textbook Model Helps Students and Publishers

Morgan Cowie
October 8, 2008
Publishing, Ebooks
The University of Texas is trying out a new e-textbook initiative that they say could “fundamentally change the industry”.

Tagged: educational publishing

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BookNet Canada
October 4, 2008
Ebooks

Sony Refreshes, and Maybe Amazon?

BookNet Canada
October 4, 2008
Ebooks
Sony had a release event this week to announce their new Reader, revamped store and renewed commitment to the Reader as an ebook platform in the US.

Tagged: ereaders

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Tim Middleton
September 30, 2008
Ebooks

Whack an E-Reader Revisited

Tim Middleton
September 30, 2008
Ebooks
Back in May Morgan shared one of her favourite you tube videos—whack-a-book or whack-an-e-reader is more appropriate. Check out this demo that Plastic Logic did at Demo 2008:

Tagged: ereaders

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Morgan Cowie
September 29, 2008
Bookselling, Ebooks

Textbooks Gear Up for Digitization

Morgan Cowie
September 29, 2008
Bookselling, Ebooks
Seven campus retailers in the US are preparing to test digital kiosks in their stores.

Tagged: educational publishing

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Morgan Cowie
September 26, 2008
Marketing

Marketing Online: Where to Begin?

Morgan Cowie
September 26, 2008
Marketing
At the BNC/ABPBC Defining Success: Online Marketing for Book Publishing conference last week, one of our speakers, Monique Trottier of Boxcar Marketing, did an excellent presentation of what I’ve come to think of as pre-marketing. It goes a little something like this…

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Tim Middleton
September 26, 2008
Publishing, Ebooks

The Editor Is an Island of Knowledge

Tim Middleton
September 26, 2008
Publishing, Ebooks
Nicholas Blake is editorial manager at Pan Macmillan. His job now includes digital as well, which means he needs to think about Pan Macmillan’s eBook and online publishing programme. Below are his top ten “islands of knowledge” for editors thinking about ebooks.

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