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Continue reading →: Waterstone’s & its founder
The founder of Waterstone’s is intent on repurchasing the bookseller if reports here and here are to be believed. The UK retail book market is undergoing considerable change right now. The threats from online booksellers, and supermarket’s who sell books too, dedicated bookshops especially independents are in an increasingly difficult…
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Continue reading →: The future of the book
Those seriously interested in the direction of books and book publishing should check out the website of the Institute for the Future of the Book Project and their blog which is great! It is really good to see some serious thought going into the process of figuring out where books…
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Continue reading →: And now the New York Times Chimes in
With a slightly better, but not by much, article. There is also a small chat forming on tech.memeorandum here.
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Continue reading →: Washington Post on E-Readers
The Washington Post has an article talking up the prospects of e-readers and offering links to two of the main contenders the Sony e-reader and the iRex Technologies iliad. According to the Post these new e-readers move: beyond the functionality of an ordinary book, the reader can enlarge text for…
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Continue reading →: Trends Vs Fads: The changing web
To go with my post on Trends and Fads here is an interesting post from Steve Rubel!
