With the ever-increasing importance of libraries as a way readers can discover new authors and books, and the growing popularity of digital access, we thought it was time to post a comprehensive update on libraries and ebook licensing. It’s important to recognize that the large majority of libraries license, rather than buy, their ebooks. This…Continue Reading
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Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Nielsen data from the first half of 2014 shows that physical book purchases far outweigh ebook purchases. On that…Continue Reading
Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Book Industry Study Group released new findings showing that students are spending less time with textbooks and more time with…Continue Reading
Though the holiday sales rush is over, there’s still no shortage of talk about ereading devices. The only problem? The market and technology has grown so much in the past year that “ereader” has come to mean so much more than dedicated devices such as the Nook Simple Touch or Kindle Paperwhite. This past month…Continue Reading
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Tagged -Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, BlackBerry Z10, David Pogue, Digitimes, E Ink, Finvista Advisors, Forbes, Hot HardWare, iPad mini, Kobo, Louis Bedigian, Market intelligence & Consulting Institute (MWC), Mashable, Microsoft, Morningstar, Paul Lilly, Peter Wahlstrom, Ron Lammle, Sameer Singh, Scott Liu, Sony, The New York Times, The Register, Tony Smith, Wall Street Journal
The Kindle turned five this past month, and it’s almost astounding how the market for ereaders and tablets has expanded since the first model hit Amazon’s storefront. A couple of weeks ago, we posted a chart showing the dizzying number of models currently for sale, and as we head into the holiday season, reviewers acknowledge…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, CNN, CNN Money, David Pogue, GigOM, Heather Kelly, iPad, Kevin C. Tofel, Kindle, Los Angeles Times, McSweeney's, Michael Kwan, Mobile Magazine, Nook HD+, PC Mag, Rob Pegoraro, Roberto Baldwin, Salvador Rodriguez, Sam Weiner, Sascha Segan, The New York Times, Wired
PublishingTrends.com continues its regular column in which we review, explicate, and excerpt books that we think will resonate with people in the business of publishing and media. **** In creating the curriculum of CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism as inaugural Dean, Stephen B. Shepard* had to fill in many blanks. It seemed that there was no set path to becoming a…Continue Reading
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Everyone seems to have thrown their hats into the ring this month with several new devices making their debut in the ereader market. September started with a bang with the big Amazon press conference, where four new devices were introduced, including the Kindle Paperwhite ereader and Kindle Fire HD tablet. In addition, Amazon is boasting…Continue Reading
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Tagged Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CNET, DBW, ereaders, Eric Franklin, Forbes, Galaxy S3, Huffington Post, iPad mini, iPhone 5, Jason Gilbert, Jeremy Greenfield, Julie Bosman, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Nook HD+, Roberto Baldwin, Samsung, Seth Porges, The New York Times, Wired
Though there’s still buzz about Kobo in Japan and Barnes & Noble’s announcement of a Nook for the Web that allows readers to access books and samples from a cloud system that has bookmarking and social features, much of the ereader talk this month centered around the tablet wars and the new Nexus 7. While…Continue Reading
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Tagged Adam Westlake, Amazon, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Barnes & Noble, BISG, Endgadget, eReader, Information Week, iPad, Jeff Bertolucci, John P. Mello Jr., Jon Fingas, JR Bookwalter, Kobo, Nexus 7, Nick Bilton, Nick Wingfield, PCWorld, Tech Radar, The Japan Daily Press, The New York Times
When Publishing Trends published its first App Developer Round-up in February 2011, the publishing world might have just then been reaching the height of app mania. Publishers were still flushed with excitement over the Great Downloading Spree of Christmas 2010; Kirkus had just announced the addition of a book app review section to every issue;…Continue Reading
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