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Continue reading →: Briefly Noted | E-Book Bummer: Growth Slower Than Thought—‘Incremental, Not Exponential’ | mocoNews
Print power buyers make up 22 percent of the overall print book-buying population, and they drive 53 percent of print book purchases overall. Meanwhile, e-book power buyers make up 35 percent of the overall e-book buying population, but they drive 60 percent of overall e-book purchases. In other words, about…
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Continue reading →: Briefly Noted | Doorley new Hachette Ireland editorial director | The Bookseller
Hachette Ireland has promoted commissioning editor Ciara Doorley to the position of editorial director, effective immediately. via Doorley new Hachette Ireland editorial director | The Bookseller.
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Continue reading →: Ebooks Are Boring? So What?
Nick Atkinson has an interesting post over on FutureBook this morning. In it he asks three questions he feels people aren’t asking about ebooks. The ones he hits on are: EBooks aren’t actually that exciting, so why are people buying them? Why am I rubbish at selling books online? Where…
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Continue reading →: Apple: Some Skepticism And A Jaundiced Eye
I’m constantly amazed at how easy it is for Apple to generate publicity, rumour and spin for its forthcoming product and service launches. On occasion, I’ve been as guilty as everyone else when it comes to this. The one rolling in tomorrow has generated considerable coverage and is variously supposed to…
