Wired’s Brian X. Chen speculates on 2010 being ‘the year of the tablet’. With releases from Apple, Astak, Kindle in the UK, the CrunchPad (probably the best looking of the bunch) it seems more and more likely.
Online Marketing (for the Kids!): HarperCollins' Amanda Project
Shortcovers Introduces EPUB Conversion Program
Shortcovers has entered the eBook conversion game. Last week, the eBookseller announced that they will help publishers get their books ready for digital consumption no matter what format they are currently in (PDF, Quark, InDesign, .doc, .rtf—whatever).
New Publishing Business Model #6: IndieBound
IndieBound.org was founded almost a year ago by members of the American Bookseller Association looking for a way to work together with other indie booksellers and other locally owned businesses.
First Ever Toronto MobileRead Meet-Up
ONIX 3.0: Free Web Seminars from BISG and EDItEUR
Wetoku and the Future of the Book Supply Chain
File this under shameless self-promotion…David Lee of Wetoku (a cool online interview site that’s currently in beta) interviewed me today. It’s a short and only mildly dorky (on my end, not David’s) chat about challenges and opportunities in the Canadian book market.
Barnes and Noble To Open World's Biggest E-Bookstore
It was only a matter of time after the recent purchase of Fictionwise: Barnes and Noble is opening what they are calling the world’s largest eBook store with more than 700,000 titles available both for free and for purchase.
BookCamp Vancouver Is Live!
After only about 12 hours of being live, BookCamp Vancouver already has a whack of great attendees, some excellent session suggestions and a whole lot more.
If you’re a West Coaster or you can make the trek out for October 16th, it will be worth it. BookCamp organizers and attendees are already raring to go…
