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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Absolutely. (Not) | Bait ‘n’ Beer
There is much to be learned from this short post! Like why you need to think about what digital means for you and your situation! Does anyone really think Simon & Schuster’s problems and opportunities are the same as Penguin’s (to say nothing of Unbridled Books’ or Coffee House Press’s)? Are McGraw-Hill’s…
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Continue reading →: Interesting Link | New era, new god, says Paul Saffo | The Economist
Three technologies have brought us to the edge of another axial shift today. Air travel has given entire populations unprecedented mobility. The intermodal container has delivered a cornucopia of products to every corner of the globe. And cyberspace has become a promiscuous, meme-spreading hotbed of ideas. Throw in the usual…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Predictions for 2011 from Smashwords Founder – GalleyCat
That Mark Coker is one smart fellow! 8. International ebook market explodes, causing publishers to rethink territory rights restrictions – The proliferation of affordable, high-quality dedicated ereading devices, smart phones and ereading apps, and the international expansion of big US-based ebook retailers into green field markets, will power significant revenue…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | The E-Publishing Success Narrative Will Have to Change
This is a nice corrective to the Ebook story, though in some ways too it glosses over the access point (that ebooks opens access to distribution for many unpublished authors, some good, others not). Playing the either/or game is dangerous and misses the point of the whole discussion. So let’s repeat some…
