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The publishing winner on iPads - comics - are under threat from Amazon Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/comixology-new-app-3708.html] It’s interesting to note that one type of publication was hugely assisted by the arrival of the iPad: comics. > Very few people bought comic books digitally before the iPad (probably more stole them). Remember how the iPad

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Why the book might be getting shorter Members Public

Interesting analysis of how Kindle Singles, and other short ebooks might be the future [http://jwikert.typepad.com/the_average_joe/2013/10/what-kindle-singles-can-tell-us-about-the-future-of-ebooks.html] : > The greatest aspect of Kindle Singles is, of course, their short length. The first one I read was a Single about media and I

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Washington Post sails up the Amazon Members Public

The internet buys a venerable news institution… > The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family’s stewardship of one of America’s leading news organizations after four generations. Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has

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The Two Tier Tablet Market Members Public

In the shadow of a hurricane, Google launched some new tablets [http://officialandroid.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/nexus-best-of-google-now-in-three-sizes.html] , a phone and a revamp of the latest version of Android. Pondering this, I’ve come to the comclusion that we’ve actually got two tiers of tablets [http://nextberlin.

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The UK eBook tipping point Members Public

paidContent UK [http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/06/ebooks-now-outselling-print-on-amazon-uk/]: > About two years after Kindle launched in the United Kingdom, Amazon UK says it is now selling 114 ebooks for every print book. You’ve got an eBook strategy in place already, right? No? Oh, dear.

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#ftmedia12 - The eBook (r)evolution Members Public

* Matteo Berlucchi, Chief Executive Officer, aNobii [http://www.anobii.com/anobi/anobii_home.php] * Santiago de la Mora, Director, Print Content Partnerships EMEA, Google * Tim Hely Hutchinson, Group Chief Executive, Hachette UK [http://www.hachette.com] * Michael Serbinis, Chief Executive Officer, Kobo Moderated by Richard Waters Michael Serbinis – They’ve

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A Kindle in action

The new economics of book publishing Members Public

From The Guardian‘s profile of Amanda Hocking: By January last year she was selling more than 100,000 a month. Being her own boss allowed her to set her own pricing policy – she decided to charge just 99 cents for the first book in a series, as a loss

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Will the Kindle Fire up tablet competition? Yes. Members Public

[![Kindle Family](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/Kindle-Family-4-thumb-520x353-2120.jpg?resize=520%2C353)](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/09/Kindle-Family-4.jpg) So, yesterday James Tye, CEO of Dennis in the UK [had a question for me](https://twitter.com/#!/jamesatye/

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