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People love genre ebooks Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/ebook-fanatasy-ibooks.jpg] Talking of eBooks, it appears that some categories of books are booming in digital formats [http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/06/digital-publishing-genre-fiction/]: > “Certain categories [of eBooks] have a much larger digital adoption than others,” Dobson
The cozy glow of format nostalgia Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/07/book-formats-new-old.jpg] There’s an interesting post on Teleread by Chris Meadows that digs into the reflexive dislike of eReaders [http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/paper-books-vs-e-books-and-the-clash-of-bookstore-cultures/] that many people have: > When people say they like paper books, the
Keeping my print past on the GRID Paid Members Public
I had the four issues of the architecture and design mag I edited a decade ago bound. And it’s a lovely thing.
The decline and fall of the dictionary Paid Members Public
The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/11/05/another-one-bites-the-dust-macmillan-dictionaries-cease-print-to-go-online-only/] : > […] another well-known brand in the print-based publishing sphere is unfurling the white flag and giving in to the digital revolution, with Macmillan Dictionaries ceasing print to go online only. While we were sorting books to go on the
Is Google getting into print? Paid Members Public
Kevin May [http://www.tnooz.com/2012/08/13/news/google-buys-frommers-destination-content-in-search-just-got-a-little-bit-more-interesting/] : > It is also unknown as yet as to whether Frommer’s will continue as a standalone brand, as well as if Google will effectively become a printed guidebook publisher – a massive leap from its online-only world. One possible
#ftmedia12 - The eBook (r)evolution Paid 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
Don't Mourn Paper Books Just Yet Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/10/fontofall.jpg] A webcartoonist laments [http://sgrblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/cold-dead-fingers-dept.html]: > I’ve seen examples of the beautiful work being done in interactive ebooks for children. They depress me. Kids are in a world of their
This week's reading... Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/10/photo.jpg] Well, that’s my reading sorted out for the next week or so…(Couldn’t bring myself to order it on the Kindle, and actually cancelled a print copy of it…)
