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 ...
Barnes & Noble Trumps Amazon with 'Pubit' Self-Publishing Platform
You can now self-publish in the B&N eBookstore and BN.com!
The reason I say Pubit trumps Amazon is because it comes with a free conversion tool that automatically formats Microsoft Word, TXT, HTML or RTF files into the ePub file format for publication.
This is BIG. Any self-publishing author can attest to the difficulty and frustration with formatting these files for Smashwords, Amazon, iPad, etc. This is a great step forward and hopefully will be followed by the others to make digital publis... Continue reading ...
B&N & Blackboard Partner to Offer NookStudy, e-Textbooks
Posted by John R. on Sunday, July 18, 2010,
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College students will soon be able to download textbooks or aggregate and organize other study materials in any neat form they desire to accomplish course work. Technology is making a big impact in the student world again...as it always has!
But, will it make a big difference in the cost of these materials compared to their printed counterparts? It should! Barnes & Noble indicates a 40% discount...Wonder if this will last? Good news for students if it does.
Here is an announcement of the up-a... Continue reading ...