Is it really worth it to digitize a whole catalogue? What happens to retailers if e-books become more prevalent? Who’s buying e-books now and why?
The iRead31: A Month of Paperless, iPhone-Only Reading
Okay, it isn’t as if I’m suspended upside down in a block of ice over Times Square, but as a compulsive, constant reader, anything that interferes with my daily diet of print is not taken lightly. Even so, this December I am embarking on The iRead31—a month where all my print needs must be taken care of by the iPhone—books, magazines, newspapers, everything.
The Rapid Evolution of Stanza
Google Book Search Now Book and Magazine Search
Google announced yesterday that they would now be including magazine archives in Google Book Search.
BISG Releases Search and Discovery Standard for Digital
Amazon Remembers: Make It Easy for Your Customer
Amazon releases an iPhone/iPod Touch app today that shows just how well they understand how the potential of smartphones.
The app itself is not revolutionary (at base, it’s just a way for people to browse products available at Amazon and subsidiaries). However, a new feature called Amazon Remembers allows consumers to snap a pic of a product, upload it to Amazon and have Amazon products like it shown to them.
Super Mario Wants You to Read E-Books
Random House to Digitize Thousands More Books
The Associated Press reports on Random House’s plan to expand their eBook offerings from 8,000 to 15,000 titles.
