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Digital publishing: How it will evolve in 2014 and beyond

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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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Bookish Acquired by Zola Books

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The link below is to an article reporting on the purchase of ‘Bookish’ by Zola Books.

For more visit:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/retailing/article/60539-bookish-acquired-by-zola.html

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Ebook Slump Myth

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the myth of the ebook slump.

For more visit:
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/word-for-word-don-t-buy-the-myth-about-ebook-slump-1.1642599

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The End of Professional Book Reviewing

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the decline and fall of book reviewing.

For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2014/01/07/decline-fall-book-reviewing-empire/

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Authors Prefer Traditional Publishers

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the preference of traditional publishing for authors.

For more visit:
http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-authors-prefer-traditional-publishers-to-selfpublishing-surprised-20140109,0,2171066.story#axzz2qGNO62dt

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3D-Printed Book Covers

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at 3D-printed book covers – is this the way of the future for traditional books?

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/books/riverhead-books-creates-3d-printed-book-cover/

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Self-Publishing – Quantity and Quality???

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the issue of self-publishing and asks if it really is a question of quantity versus quality?

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/reading-2/self-publishing-a-question-of-quantity-vs-quality/

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Staying in to Read???

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The link below is to a somewhat ‘tongue-in-cheek’ article as to why it is better to stay at home and read then to go out a lot. There could be some truth to the reasons why it is so – what do you think? Are you in agreement with the points raised – I probably am.

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http://momentumbooks.com.au/blog/nine-reasons-that-being-a-book-loving-shut-in-is-better-than-being-a-social-butterfly/

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Reading Changes the Brain

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at how reading changes the brain.

For more visit:
http://www.futurity.org/reading-novels-leaves-shadow-activity-brain/

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Literary Feuds of 2013

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the ‘ugly’ world of literary feuds in 2013.

For more visit:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/12/literary-feuds-of-2013.html