The link below is to an article that takes a look at how to get the most out of your ebook reader.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-new-e-reader
The Google Books lawsuit has sprung back into life with an appeal being launched by the Author’s Guild. I certainly don’t support this appeal. This lot don’t seem to get that Google Books has the potential to sell more copies of their works for a start.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/12/29/authors-guild-files-appeal/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at showrooming, which is not confined to bookshops.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/consumers-warned-against-showrooming
The link below is to an article that takes a look at a new digital publishing company just for females.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/publishing/shebooks-do-we-need-a-place-for-strictly-female-readers/
The link below is to an article that takes a look at Fan Fiction and how to find great examples of it.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/fanfic/how-to-find-great-fanfiction-with-little-hassle/
The link below is to an article that looks at what could have been in the public domain now, but isn’t.
For more visit:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131231/23434825735/grinch-who-stole-public-domain.shtml
I recently attended Le Web in Paris, where the theme of the conference was innovation in the next decade. It got me to thinking about where we go with publishing. Even on Google, you won’t be able to find an article on publishing trends from the 1440s, the decade after Johannes Gutenberg introduced movable type printing to Europe. But if you did, it would probably focus more on the gloomy outlook for the illuminated manuscript industry than on the then-unfolding print revolution, which launched cascading innovations that would change everything and usher in the Age of Enlightenment.
Something similar is at work today: Digital publishing is now a mature, thriving industry, and yet many still insist that publishing is in its death throes. Book publishers know better: While hardcover sales declined slightly between 2008 and 2012 (from $5.2 billion to $5 billion), eBook sales grew at an astonishing clip…
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The link below is to an article reporting on the purchase of ‘Bookish’ by Zola Books.
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http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/60539-bookish-acquired-by-zola.html
The link below is to an article that takes a look at the myth of the ebook slump.
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http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/word-for-word-don-t-buy-the-myth-about-ebook-slump-1.1642599
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