The link below is to an article that looks at the state of the book industry and in particular in the US.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/the-book-industry-isn-t-dying–it-s-thriving-with-an-ebook-assist-191025547.html
The link below is to an article commenting on this one:
http://www.teleread.com/reading-2/another-print-vs-paper-story/
One of the wonderful things about technology is that it causes us to ask questions that we had never previously thought of. The print vs. e-book question had never once been asked prior to the 2000s. But it’s a question that every bibliophile has struggled with at some point in recent years. I know I have. Before I discuss which side of the stick I happen to fall on, let’s delve into the battle a little bit first.
Print
The printing of books hasn’t changed all that much since the advent of the printing press. The process has become easier and cheaper as technology advanced. No matter the price a particular publisher sets for the print edition of a book, the actual cost to print is essentially the same for all publishers. It isn’t as though one publisher has the printing technology of 2005 and another of 1900. Printing is…
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The link below is to an article that looks at Amazon’s ‘100 books to read in a lifetime.’
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http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazon-reveals-100-books-to-read-in-a-lifetime_b82387
The link below is to an article that looks at books that have been reread again and again.
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http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=12560
The link below is to an article that considers 11 book adaptations coming in 2014.
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http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/2014/01/22/the-10-most-anticipated-book-adaptations-of-2014/
A quick disclaimer before I get started. I wrote and published “Kick” as an eBook, and though I have plans to release it as a physical, paper book, for now it’s available in digital format only (wherever eBooks are sold! Except Sony!). So it could be construed that the following list of pros and/or cons is somehow self-serving, and designed for the sole purpose of funneling sales to my book, “Kick” (just follow the links over on the right for 260 pages of raw, sugary joy).
For the record: no, I’m not trying to steer sales to what may or may not be one of the greatest novels in the history of Western Civilization, and which can be purchased today, this very second, for $2.99 in digital format (while supplies last).
All that said, here’s why digital books are far superior to moldy old traditional books:
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The link below is to an article that takes a look at piracy and the book industry.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/suwcharmananderson/2013/02/13/piracy-saviour-of-the-book-industry/
The link below is to an article that takes a ‘look’ at how to get books back that you’ve loaned out to others.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2014/01/29/how-to-get-back-books-youve-loaned-out/
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