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The publishing industry is in the midst of a major digital transition. In July, 2010, Amazon, the leading U.S. e-book retailer, reported that in the past three months it had sold 143 Kindle e-books for every 100 hardcover books sold.[1] Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stated, “I predict we will surpass paperback sales sometime in the … Continue reading e-books will soon be more important than print books
Inventive Labs’ web guru Joseph Pearson has thought deeply about e-books. He argues convincingly that e-books should be paginated. Shrewdly recognizing the comparative advantage of traditional book publishers, he argues that the e-book format EPUB should not attempt to be a highly flexible web application platform: For [book publishers] that are not software houses in … Continue reading different forms and business models for e-books
Before 1800, a “long s”, which looks like an f, was used frequently. Increasing demand for rapid reading plausible explains the demise of the long s. … Read the post ſhifting economics of letters
After 33% shrinkage in yellow pages in the yellow book telephone number advertising directory from 2009 to 2010, the 2011 yellow book surprisingly is the same size as the 2010 yellow book. Here are the statistics for 2009-2011 yellow book size comparisons. The 2011 yellow books showed up at my apartment building entryway on December … Continue reading yellow book maintains size, 2010 to 2011
According to a representative survey of U.S. adult internet users in mid-autumn 2009, social communication is a much more important online activity than is watching video content. Asked to rate independently the importance of various online (Internet) activities, 63% of adult Internet users described “communicating online with friends and family, even if they are far … Continue reading online social communication much more important than online video