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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Digital Lending, In Agreement | PWxyz
Awesome, in so many way: This purchase is an example of the Smashwords Library Direct program, which allows libraries and library consortia to purchase large numbers of self-published titles in a streamlined and automated fashion using whatever selection criteria they see fit; additional large library consortia, such as California’s Califa,…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future.
David Worlock is so damn smart! Don’t make the mistake of thinking this piece of analysis is in any way limited to the legal arena. It makes considerable sense in any profession or industry facing change and disruption (that’s all of them): We have to recall that Messrs Dow and Millerchip…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | The E-Reader Revolution: Over Just as It Has Begun? – WSJ.com
Think of it like the horseless carriage! I think that line about the real innovation is where it’s at: “The real innovation in e-readers has been giving consumers a convenient way to buy books, wirelessly, without even having to use their computers,” says Sarah Rotman Epps, a Forrester Research analyst. “Giving consumers a…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Dancing with Myself — The Principal Impediment to Change and Innovation « The Scholarly Kitchen
All good this, and by my lights the first must read of 2013 for the publishing community: One form this organizational blindness takes is the tracking of the wrong metrics. By “wrong” I mean measurements that tend to support current activity without providing a different and perhaps unflattering perspective. A…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Smashwords: Smashwords Supports EPUB Uploads With Smashwords Direct
One of the things I think Smashwords has gotten right is their start with Word focus of conversions. It makes SO much more sense than building ebooks from crazily complex design platforms. With the launch of Smashwords Direct, the company has bowed to pressure, but Mark offers a rather nice defence of…
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