Is the lower price of eBooks really comparable to a “flood of cheap houses onto a real estate market,” as a quote in the New York Times article on eBook pricing suggests?
E-Reader-Selling Indie Bookstore Down Under
Amazon + Stanza = What for Canada?
Yesterday’s announcement that Amazon had acquired the eReading App That Could, Stanza, has set keyboards to clacking across the blogosphere (yes, I said blogosphere—but I promise I will never, ever call Twitter users “tweeps”, “tweeple” or anything along those lines. A girl’s gotta have a code).
What’s done is done. Now onto the big question—why and how does this news affect Canadian publishing?
An iPhone App for Indies
If you could put a smart, book-loving professional recommendation maker in your pocket next time you were looking for a great read, would you? How about a whole slew of them? Concerned about the pants-straining logistics or the funny looks you might receive due to your hitchhiking buddy? Well, you can breathe a sigh of relief thanks to the newest bookselling iPhone app: Indiebound.
E-Procrastination
Print is Still the Big Bet, but Not for Everyone
Trends to Watch
What do co-donating, perkonomics,brand butlering, tryvertising, eco-generosity, free love, RAK, and (F)rigid no more have in common besides being really sort of cool buzz words? Well these are the trends that the consumer trends firm Trendwatching.com is suggesting for a new generation called the G Generation.
Shortcovers Defined and Reviewed
The Wall Street Journal offers more insight into the goals of Indigo’s Shortcovers and what it offers readers.
Do Ads Belong in Books?
After Daily Lit’s decision to start including ads in their serialized books, discussion about whether or not ads belong in books began again in earnest.
Indigo to Launch Shortcovers
Indigo’s eReading venture, Shortcovers is set to launch at the end of the month. Over at Index//MB, Mark Bertils’ shares his first reactions.
