It seems like the proliferation of tablets, ereaders and smartphones at CES this year has been a great incentive for everyone writing blogs. It is amazing to read all of the comments and predictions made about the publishing industry and reading with each new launch or promise of a device that will be the killer app for literature. Sound familiar to walkman land pre-ipod?
Nook + Kindle = Alex
CES 2010 is on and the gadgets will be flowing all week. I’m sure this won’t be the only eReader discussed this week, but Engadget has a gallery and short walkthrough of the Nook/B&N suing Alex by Spring Designs.
Google Has Yet to Convince Me to Give Up My iPhone
For the most hyped device release this side of the mythical Apple Tablet, the birth of the Nexus One has left me uninspired. I tried to get hyped: before 9:00 am this morning, I’d already heard/read about the potential game-changing mobile device from three separate media outlets. Of course, two of those stories were delivered via my iPhone…which seems to undercut the Nexus One’s very raison d’etre.
Tim Middleton 2009 in a Fragmented Review: E-books Are *Vampires, P-Books Are *Zombies:
The interesting thing and perhaps the most encouraging and inevitable thing about this past year in publishing is the emergence of new business models—real honest to goodness business models—that are going to challenge the old book world. Every time you turn around you hear about the e-book, e-readers, and giving stuff away for free. But what can you do with that knowledge?
Monique Trottier 2009 in Review: Use Clay to Shape the Future of Publishing
Monique Trottier is the brains behind So Misguided and Boxcar Marketing. In some vaunted circles, Monique has been named the Macgyver of holiday tinsel.
Liza Daly 2009 In Review: Moving From If to How
Liza Daly is the owner of Threepress Consulting, a technology company servicing the publishing and educational industries and was last seen peering warmly at you from our BNC Tech Forum banner on the right.
Robert Wheaton 2009 in Review: The Big Three
Robert Wheaton is a Director for Inventory Management at Indigo Books & Music Inc. He contributes to http://www.datachondria.com Datachondria and can be found online at http://www.rjwheaton.com
Morgan Cowie 2009 in Review: Cowboys, Ninjas, and Bears
Mark Leslie Lefebvre 2009 in Review: Plus ça Change, Plus c'est la Même Chose
Mark Leslie Lefebvre is a blogger, a writer and an innovative bookseller at McMaster University. There’s a rumour going around that he also plays a mean jazz flute.
Deanna McFadden 2009 in Review: Panic on the Streets of...Well...Everywhere
Deanna McFadden, Marketing Manager, Digital Content and Strategy at HarperCollins Canada, makes her digital home at tragicrighthip.blogspot.com and is a friend to woodland creatures, great and small.
