Finally beginning to understand what people mean when they talk about the touch and feel of a physical book. Why people think the Kindle or Sony Reader cannot replace physical books. It’s important for eReader companies to understand this and address it – The Olswang survey says that over 50% of people love holding a real book [...]
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Martyn Daniels at Brave New World talks about the various ‘exclusive’ and limited edition Sony Reader offerings in the UK - Mills and Boon Exclusive Edition. Harlequin Romance Limited Edition. Danielle Steel Limited Edition. John Lewis Exclusive (John Lewis is a store). Michael Connelly limited edition. Debbie Macomber limited edition. Ian Fleming and James Bond Limited Edition Sony Reader. [...]
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There is a lot of hue and cry amongst bloggers about how Mr. Murdoch is committing harakiri by talking about blocking Google. The way search works is that if newspapers leave the search engines blogs will rise and become more powerful. Blogs will make more money, get more readers, become more trusted. Why then are Blogs trying [...]
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TechFlash writes about a Washington Post and Amazon.com experiment that is 10 years overdue and will save newspapers – When books are mentioned in Post articles and reviews, the newspaper links to an online store powered by Amazon, where readers can buy the books in question. The Post then receives a percentage of any sales. What [...]
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Silicon Alley Investor points out that Google Editions will arrive in Japan in Fall 2010. The main details – Book Publishers determine the price of books. Publishers keep 63% of the sales. Spring 2010 will be the debut of Google Editions in English speaking countries. In Fall 2010 (6 months after English launch) Google Editions [...]
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