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Publishing's Next Big Thing and Its Next Big Headache, Part I

David Colbert | Posted 11.07.2009 | Books

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David Colbert

A reader spends a lot of time with a book. Ads will have time to sink in. That makes the medium valuable. Google isn't getting into the book business for charity.

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Barnes & Noble E-Reader: First Pictures Leaked (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology

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As we reported before, the "e-reader wars" are going to be heating up given that book retailer Barnes and Noble's new, branded e-reader is looming on ...

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Barnes And Noble eBook Reader To Challenge Amazon Kindle (VIDEO)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology

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In a move that promises to intensify the "ereader wars," book retailer Barnes & Noble is planning to announce the release of its own brand of ebook re...

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What Is a Book?

Hugh McGuire | Posted 09.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Literature, Iphone, App, Publishing, Apple, Books, Ebook, Media, Bunny Munro, Nick Cave, Apt Studios, Technology News
Hugh McGuire

What matters is how we -- readers, publishers, technologists -- achieve what we want. Paper books aren't the only game in town anymore, and maybe in certain cases they aren't the best game.

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Why I'm Releasing My Novel on Twitter

Matt Stewart | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

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Matt Stewart

Tweeting my novel provides the ultimate in easy sampling and information triage before purchase, the equivalent of watching a clip of a TV show before deciding to order the season on Netflix.

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Live from the Kindle DX Launch

Jack Hidary | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Case Western, Bezos, Sulzberger, Kindle, Paperless, New York Times, Kindle DX, E-Reader, Ebook, Amazon Kindle, Amazon, Media News
Jack Hidary

The DX makes it easy to read 8.5" by 11" docs with a larger screen and includes more memory -- enough for 3,500 books. Is this the paperless revolution that was supposed to come a decade ago?

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Amazon Kindle: Pricetag $359, But Costs Only $185 To Make

tech.yahoo.com | RACHEL METZ | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

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If you aren't sure whether Amazon.com Inc.'s latest Kindle electronic reading device is worth its $359 price tag, an analysis by research firm iSuppli...

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40,000 E-Books a Day

Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Lexcycle, Literature, Ipod, Apple, Kindle, Ereader, Writing, Stanza, Digital, Ebook, Book, Reading, Ebooks, Media News
Hugh McGuire

That's how many e-books are getting downloaded through Stanza, the simple e-book platform for the iPhone/iPod.

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Tolstoy and the iPhone

Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Literature, Iphone, Ipod, Publishing, Books, Stanza, Digital, Ebook, Audiobooks, Librivox, Gutenberg, Ereaders, Media News
Hugh McGuire

Reading digital text on a small handheld device is nothing like reading text on a computer (desktop or laptop). A mobile device is much more comfortable, for plenty of reasons.

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