As many have already stated 2009 was a year full of change and innovation in the book authoring, publishing and retailing world. Digital was/is the agent of change…eBooks, eReaders (of all kinds), digital workflows and networks (be they social or internet)…for the industry in 2009. It really seemed that many digital areas that had been bubbling under for the last while came to a head in 2009…all at once.
BNC CEO Noah Genner To Speak at First Ever Digital Book World
Hugh McGuire Year in Review: E-books Have Arrived
Please Don't Disrupt: I'm Reading
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
