The link below is to a book review of ‘Burning the Page,’ by Jason Merkoski. This is a book dealing with the future of digital and traditional books from someone in the middle of the debate at Amazon.
For more visit:
http://www.futurebook.net/content/burning-page-instant-review
The link below is to another article that looks at comments made in the great book and ebook war, which include fronts on the traditional and online bookshop front, digital and traditional books front, etc.
For more visit:
http://bookriot.com/2013/03/04/book-buying-indie-bookstores-amazon-and-double-standards/
The link below is to an infographic that lines up traditional books against ebooks.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/03/04/infographic-books-vs-ebooks/
The link below is to an article that looks at one possible future for ebooks, that of complementing traditional books rather than supplanting them. I don’t think I agree with that view, but it is still a possible future.
For more visit:
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-has-the-ebook-bubble-burst-20130111,0,7538626.story
The link below is another article on the ebook versus traditional book argument, with this article looking at recent speculation surrounding ebook sales.
For more visit:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-adler/e-readers-demographics_b_2440913.html
The link below is to an article & video that considers the future of traditional books and ebooks, and whether they can co-exist.
For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/video-can-print-and-e-books-coexist/
The link below is to an article that reports on the battle against book piracy – in the traditional book sphere.
For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/feature-the-emerging-worldwide-battle-against-pirated-books/
The link below is to an article reporting on the possible closure of Amazon’s Kindle operations in India due to that country’s step back into the dark ages of traditional business legislation.
For more visit:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/09/20/amazon-may-have-to-close-the-indian-kindle-store/
The link below is to an article that makes a case for the preservation of the traditional book in some form.
For more visit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2012/sep/19/ebook-conversion-genre
Here’s a little something that maybe of interest to readers of traditional books (I know there are some out there still – I have plenty of traditional books also) – an automatic bookmark.
For more visit:
http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/03/25/bookmark-does-the-work-for-you/
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