Publishers are at a crossroads when it comes to digitizing their books and marketing them through various sales channels. There is no shortage of companies out there begging for business and passing ...
With all this talk of the Amazon Kindle ebook reader and Sony’s forthcoming touchscreen one, it seems as though the world has gone ebook crazy – but what is ebook adoption like, and do we really want ...
Michael Mace is a principal at Rubicon Consulting, and a former executive at Palm, Apple, and Silicon Graphics. This post was originally posted on his blog, and his reproduced with permission. It’s a ...
According to the latest numbers from the Association of American Publishers, revenue for ebooks for some of the biggest categories grew by 41% in 2012. Ebooks now account for 23% of trade publishing ...
I recently downloaded and read the executive summary of “Digital Content in Public Libraries: What Do Patrons Think?” It’s the result of the first joint research initiative with the American Library ...
For many students, ebooks are a great and inexpensive tool. But do they negatively effect how we comprehend what we read? A new study might drain the proverbial juice in their Kindle's batteries.
How much should you pay for an ebook? $9.99? $0.99? $0? And how much should you price your ebooks? I’m going to tell you what people have actually paid for their ebooks, based on some hard data from ...
Amazon has a patent to develop a market for used digital content. Apple has filed for a similar patent and ReDigi, a self-styled marketplace for used digital content, is currently embroiled in a legal ...
Indie authors constantly look for ways to make their title standout in a crowded marketplace. Thousands of new eBooks are released every single day and getting readers or developing a core following ...