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Publish or Perish v. Publish and Perish

Aimee Liu | Posted 11.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Blogs, Time, Internet, Electronic Publishing, Advertising Age, E-Books, Cottage Living, Artists, Random House, Technology, Business News
Aimee Liu

Here's the central paradox: there's more opportunity for all to publish, but more than ever, only the mega-sellers profit at all. It's like a rapidly expanding casino with a shrinking winner's circle.

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Kindle Now A Year Old, But Is It A Success?

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: E-Books, Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Technology, Green Technology, E-Book Reader, Business News

Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle e-book reader celebrated its first birthday yesterday. How was its first year? Amazon doesn't share sales figures, so we don't...

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What Publishing Can Learn From Music

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Digital Media, Meet the Press, Publishing, The Economics of Book Publishing, Kindle, iPhone Applications, Digital Downloads, Books, E-Books, Media, Digital Devices, Sony, Ipod Stanza, Media News
Hugh McGuire

Book publishing is late to the digital party so it can look to all the many mistakes the music business made in the past decade, and decide how to move into the uncertain future.

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iPhone Stanza E-Book Reader: Kindle Killer?

Epicenter | Chris Snyder | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Iphone E-Book Reader, Kindle, Apple, Mobile Devices, Iphone Stanza, E-Books, Digital Devices, iPhone Apps, Amazon.com, Business News

Stanza, iPhone's free e-book reader application, has been downloaded more than 395,000 times and is installed at an average rate of about 5,000 copies...

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Amazon Kindle Sales Living Up To Projections, Surprising Some

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Huffpost Books, Jeff Bezos, Books, Kindle Sales, E-Books, E-Reader, Technology, Business News

Newest data point on Amazon's Kindle sales, which Amazon says are great but won't ever quantify: TechCrunch cites "a source close to Amazon with direc...

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Amazon Kindle Review: It'll Make You Smarter and Richer, Kind Of, But Not Really

Dave Burdick | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Kindle E-Book, Huffpost Books, Kindle, Books, E Ink, E-Books, Tech Reviews, Technology, Amazon.com, Business News
Dave Burdick

I could hand this to my friends or my parents and feel confident that they could read with it -- it might be easier to use than an iPod (but, importantly, it's not easier to use than a book).

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Kindle User Defends E-Book Reader, Makes Suggestions To Amazon

Seth Godin | Posted 06.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Kindle Upgrades, Books Are Not Dead, Kindle for Women, Kindle Features, Kindle E-Book, Kindle, Oprah Books, E-Books, Books for Women, Sustainable Publishing, Oprah's Book Club, Paperless Publishing, Green Publishing, Technology for Women, Kindle Review, Print Is Dead, Amazon, Business News

Might be of interest to investors, readers, writers, designers, marketers, etc. Or not... Two months ago, I got a Kindle. It's a fascinating device, ...

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Free Business Book Is Web Sensation

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 02.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Woman & Money, oprah.com, Oprah Winfrey, Julie Grau, Oprah Books, Oprah Touch, Free Books, Oprah, Suze Orman, Free Orman Book, Orman Woman & Money, E-Books, Business News

NEW YORK — The Oprah touch doesn't just work for traditional books. More than 1 million copies of Suze Orman's "Women & Money" were downloaded a...

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Why Amazon's Kindle Is No iPod

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business

Read More: E-Books, Kindle iPod, Amazon E-Book, Kindle E-Book, Kindle, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Business News

Newsweek's Steven Levy previews Amazon's (AMZN) new $400 Kindle e-book in 4,757-word cover story. Amazon, he says, believes it has created the "iPod o...

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Publishers Hope Electronic Books Will Revive Industry

New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 09.06.2007 | Media

Read More: Electronic Books, Death of Publishing, E-Books, Media News

Technology evangelists have predicted the emergence of electronic books for as long as they have envisioned flying cars and video phones. It is an ide...

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