As twitter fever continues to spread, (apparently the only way you can get this fever is digitally so no inoculation is necessary), many of us are trying to figure out how best to use this communication tool.
Why $9.99 Isn't the Mark of the Beast for Books
Is the lower price of eBooks really comparable to a “flood of cheap houses onto a real estate market,” as a quote in the New York Times article on eBook pricing suggests?
Scribd to Test What E-Consumers Will Pay for Expertise
Stimulating E-Books: Part Two
Like identical twins, just because e-books and print books are born from the same material does not mean they behave or even look like carbon copies. Finding ways to bring out the different but equal potential in each will allow for well-adjusted creations who don’t need literary therapy at a later date.
From the IDPF 2009 Digital Book Summit, three major considerations came to light.
E-Book Stimulus Plan: IDPF 2009 (Part One)
Kindle DX Is Ready for Close-Up
More Kindle: This Time, Textbooks
After an astute tip from one of our Twitter friends (thanks, @Keith_Shay), my last post on the likely soon-to-be-released Kindle didn’t really take everything into account. Yes, the new screen on the Kindle is well-suited for newspapers and it’s certainly the case that newspapers like the NY Times see it as a new frontier to re-capture hearts and minds (or at least eyeballs).
However, as many more astute than me have realized, Amazon’s press conference is being held at a university (Pace University)—so looks like textbooks are the big fish frying.
Does the Kindle Really Speak to Readers' Issues with Newspapers?
A newspaper-sized (or at least more newspaper sized) Kindle is likely coming onto the market this Wednesday and the NY Times is pretty excited about it. I’m a little more skeptical…
E-Reader-Selling Indie Bookstore Down Under
Amazon + Stanza = What for Canada?
Yesterday’s announcement that Amazon had acquired the eReading App That Could, Stanza, has set keyboards to clacking across the blogosphere (yes, I said blogosphere—but I promise I will never, ever call Twitter users “tweeps”, “tweeple” or anything along those lines. A girl’s gotta have a code).
What’s done is done. Now onto the big question—why and how does this news affect Canadian publishing?
