A year is a very long time in publishing
Share Here is a brief section of an interview by AnnArbor.com with Borders CEO Mike Edwards about the ongoing bankruptcy, and his surprised reaction to how fast e-books and tablets have impacted the publishing industry. AnnArbor.com: With e-books, how fast do you see the transition occurring? Are you surprised by how fast it’s occurring already? Edwards: Yes. I joined the company just a little over a year and a half ago. When I joined, e-books were less than 1 percent of the market. The Kindle was out but it didn’t have the traction. The Nook had just been released. The Apple product...
read moreBreaking: Apple announces digital magazine subscription model
Apple announced the terms of their new digital magazine subscription model yesterday in an agreement with app developer and digital publisher Texterity, which they posted on their web site last night. It clears up a number of concerns to the publishing industry, and finally clears the hurdle for existing subscribers of print content not having to pay again for a digital version of the same magazine. From the Texterity Web Post: Publishers can sell print subscriptions, and offer “digital companion” access through an app as long as there is no additional fee for those subscribers....
read moreKey Points from a Harrison Group Survey on Tablet Technologies and Digital Publishing
Unlike other new technologies, this revolution is not about the technology itself, but rather, about the role that content plays in people’s lives via prnewswire.com The above is my favorite quote from the Harrison Survey on the impact that the iPad and other tablet devices are having on the digital publishing and technology landscape in general. I also thought it interesting that the “early adopter” persona / stigma is in fact changing: “Early adopters of eReading are more likely to see themselves as fashionable, playful, family-focused and kind, as opposed to the...
read moreAUTO BILD für iPad !
via itunes.apple.com Is it just me, or does it seem that European magazines are way more active in developing iPad and tablet digital publications? Recently there have been a slew of digital magazines released in Europe, and Axel Springer Verlag is just the latest examples of this. It would also appear to me that the pricing and subscription models are more consumer friendly in the EU compared to the US, where publishers seem determined to set an example and train tablet users to expect high pricing models for Magazine Content. So which is the better strategy? Attracting loyal...
read moreSports Illustrated: Cost-cutting has hindered iPad app
If you’re a regular reader of the Sports Illustrated (SI) publication for the iPad, you may have noticed something unusual / different in the latest issue. The SI iPad edition is now only viewable in landscape mode, no longer supporting portrait mode as it did in previous issues. via tuaw.com I am amazed at how much negative feedback there is for iPad digital magazines that do not offer a way for existing subscribers to receive the iPad content free, or at least for a substantially discounted amount. The many 100′s of one star ratings dwarf and seem to negate the few good...
read moreFirefox 4 Beta Arrives, Now With Multi-touch
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2dwXa1_gw] via webmonkey.com I think this confirms my hypothesis of tablet devices driving a trend towards the mainstream web adaptation of multi-touch, interactive, “digital magazine” like experiences on the browser… Related articles by Zemanta Firefox 4 Beta 3 Includes Multi-Touch Support (techeblog.com) Firefox 4 Beta Adds Multi-touch Support [VIDEOS] (mashable.com) Firefox 4 Beta 3 Adds Windows 7 Touch Support, JavaScript Speed-Ups [Updates]...
read moreZmags Launches new Digital Magazine Showcase
read the full story via zmags.com An Online Forum for Sharing Best Practices and Inspiring Others to Build Highly Effective Digital Publications for Various Business Cases and Markets BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS–(Marketwire – Aug. 12, 2010) – Today, Zmags Corporation announced the launch of the Zmags Showcase, a website featuring a collection of the best ‘zmags’ selected from more than 100,000 digital publications created by the 2,500 Zmags customers. The Showcase site provides the fast-growing online publication community with examples of highly effective digital...
read moreFlipboard imitator? YourVersion HD for iPad
via itunes.apple.com I love apps that help personalize my news: Flipboard started the trend, the latest entry in this genre is a real-time discovery engine that continuously delivers the latest relevant content.
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