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Continue reading →: Go Read This | How in-app purchase is not really destroying the games industry | Sealed Abstract
On the face of it this is just a piece about the gaming industry, though a fascinating one. In fact this article raises issues for all content industries from games, to books, to newspapers, magazines and music. It covers the gamut, the explosion of content, the role of market makers…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Waterstones up, Quercus down—what’s the story? | Independent Publishing Guild in the UK | IPG
Very good piece looking at the competing fortunes of Quercus and Waterstones. I’d add a small amount of caution here. Firstly, the Waterstones figures are for the year up to April 2013 whereas the Quercus figures are more up to date. Even so you can follow the logic through from…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Little, Brown Acquire Constable & Robinson
When I saw this yesterday I thought we’d see more comment, after all it marks the acquisition of one of the more significant independents left in the UK at the same times as one of the other more significant independents (Quercus) has announced that it is for sale. I think…
