New Literacy = New Books
On a day when Kindle 2.0 is expected the debut, the e-book is just one force reshaping the book of the future.
Publishers in the Social Economy
As publishers move out of the scarcity model, the social economy is where they might thrive. Can they?
Self-Publishing Reinvents the Novel
The novel is about novelty. Self-publishing is just the latest option for authors. Some argue that it’s reinventing literature.
A Self-Publishing Adventure Begins
When you have to walk the talk, you end up self-publishing. Can it succeed for a work of fiction?
Will the iPhone Kill the Kindle?
Has the iPhone put the Kindle in the corner? Or will users be predictably irrational and complicate things for publishers?
10,000 Kindle Subscriptions
The New York Times has 10,000 Kindle subscribers. What else is coming?
They Don’t Care!
And apparently, you don’t care about how others do, either.
The 0.7% Book Settlement
For a fraction of their revenues, Google creates a win-win.
The Myths of Texting
Text messaging and its social and linguistic effects are examined in a new book.
SSP TMR Rocks the House!
The SSP TMR has closed, but much of the meeting was captured. Here’s your guide, and insights on why the meeting will evolve next year.
E-books: A Textbook Case
The Kindle is a textbook disruptive technology. And I mean, “textbook.”
Citing the Kindle
The Kindle takes hits, but seems on-course to become a major force in scholarship in the future.
It’s All About the People
It’s unavoidable — even a session on technical issues becomes about the people. It’s integral to Web 2.0.
The Foldable E-Book
The New York Times recently profiled the Readius, a foldable reader that uses e-ink and wireless communication so you can read books, magazines, and emails on a 5″ diagonal screen, from a device about the size of a cell phone […]
The Perfect eBook?
A design competition winner suggests we’ve scrolled back.