On Christmas day people, armed with their newly-presented e-readers, downloaded over a million plus e-books!
Talk about regenerating and transforming bestseller lists in an instant...
E-readers have rode in and, in one swell swoop, saved publishing, the book industry and inspired reading. What a shot in the arm!
The only question is: who the hell truly understands all the opportunities in this newly-transformed, sleeker, more efficient, offspring publishing industry??*##% Did I say newly-transfo... Continue reading ...
Market Intelligence for the Professional Publishing Industry
In the digital publishing age a balance needs to be created between the customers' desire for immediate accessability at any time to enriched text (enhanced with audio, video, three-dimensional objects, full text searching, note taking, etc) and "...publishers’ needs for financial self-sustainability."
We are at the age where researchers can access works in the form of e-books that are accessable at any time and any place and never go out of print!
This is heavy neatness to the extreme. Publ... Continue reading ...
Want to Know What a 'Round Book' Is?
A German author has introduced a concept for new e-books that will further differentiate them from traditional books...And, he hopes, will make them a better reading experience for readers.
The German author who is on a mission to make e-books more interactive, and with the possibility of no beginning and no end, is Juergen Neffe and his program is called Libroid.
More details by Barry Neild for CNN :
Never-ending book heralds new chapter in e-publishing
It's an age-old problem for avid book read... Continue reading ...