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Article: Traditional Books – The End is Nigh?


The link below is to an article that takes another look at the future of traditional books. 

For more visit:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/are-books-obsolete-thoughts-on-the-printed-word-191055

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The paywall mirage: More are paying for news, but most aren’t and likely never will


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Article: Digg Reader Development


The link below is to an article that explores the development process of the new Digg Reader, which is Digg’s product to replace Google Reader.

For more visit:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/06/inside_digg_reader/all/

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Read Books, Earn Points: A Publisher Unveils a Rewards Program


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iTunes users spend a lot on apps and music, not so much on ebooks (chart)


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On Wednesday morning Apple revealed the latest stats on iTunes video: users have downloaded 1 billion TV episodes and 380 million movies total, at the rate of 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day. Combined with the company’s recent revelation that it has 575 million active iTunes(s AAPL) accounts now, one interesting takeaway is that, while the number of iTunes accounts has grown substantially in the last five years, the amount users are spending on video hasn’t changed very much.

Horace Dediu made some calculations and plotted all of the data on a chart over at his Asymco blog:

Based on these latest numbers, Dediu calculated how much iTunes users spend per year on different types of media. He says it’s “about $9/yr on Software, $2/yr on books, $16/yr on apps $12/yr on music and $4/yr on video.”

On one hand, this chart backs up something we already…

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Article: Free Self-Publishing Guide


The link below is to an article and free self-publishing guide, ‘From Print to Kindle & Beyond.’

For more visit:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-your-guide-to-self-publishing-from-print-to-kindle-beyond/

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Digg’s RSS reader is arriving in beta next week on desktop and mobile


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Article: Calibre Update


The link below is to an article that takes a look at the latest improvements to Calibre, the ebook management software. This update improves Microsoft Word ebook conversion.

For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/calibre-improves-microsoft-word-ebook-conversion-tools_b36941

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Article: Ebooks and Your Eyes


The article linked to below takes a look at a question many people have about ebook reading – what does it do to your eyes?

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http://www.bdlive.co.za/blogs/2013/06/13/are-e-books-good-for-your-eyes

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Article: Ebook Formats


The link below is to an article that looks into various ebook formats in seeking to answer the question, ‘what is an ebook?’

For more visit:
http://www.business2community.com/books/ebook-pdf-and-epub-what-is-the-difference-0519717