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Librareanne @diigo

Digital Revolution Shakes Foundations of Book Retailing - WSJ.com - 0 views

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  • Librareanne @diigo on 07 Jun 10
     
    "The digital revolution sweeping the media world is rewriting the rules of the book industry, upending the established players which have dominated for decades."
Katie Day

Google Set to Launch E-Book Venture - WSJ.com - 0 views

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shared by Katie Day on 01 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Google Editions hopes to upend the existing e-book market by offering an open, "read anywhere" model that is different from many competitors. Users will be able to buy books directly from Google or from multiple online retailers—including independent bookstores—and add them to an online library tied to a Google account. They will be able to access their Google accounts on most devices with a Web browser, including personal computers, smartphones and tablets.
  • "Google is going to turn every Internet space that talks about a book into a place where you can buy that book," says Dominique Raccah, publisher and owner of Sourcebooks Inc., an independent publisher based in Naperville, Ill. "The Google model is going to drive a lot of sales. We think they could get 20% of the e-book market very fast."
  • Katie Day on 01 Dec 10
     
    Set to debut at the end of 2010 in the US and internationally in the 1st quarter of next year.....
Librareanne @diigo

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  • Librareanne @diigo on 21 May 10
     
    The digital revolution sweeping the media world is rewriting the rules of the book industry, upending the established players which have dominated for decades.
beth gourley

Where will the e-reader revolution take publishing? - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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  • The Internet is burning up with speculation about Apple Inc.'s plans for an “iPad,” a potential new entrant in the e-reader market of low-power digital devices whose displays approach paper quality.
  • E-readers' adoption is still tiny – just 1.5 per cent of American consumers own one, and fewer in Canada – but Ms. Rotman Epps believes these gadgets will change our reading habits while throwing several industries into turmoil.
  • According to her research, book publishers are where music publishers were in 2001 when the iPod launched:
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  • “Book publishers need to understand that e-books are their future,” says Ms. Rotman Epps. “Then they need to think very critically about how to build a profitable business” around them, perhaps selling subscriptions to their catalogues or partnering with retailers.
  • It's the textbook market, however, that Ms. Rotman Epps believes will be the e-reader “killer app.” There are issues around colour (still not widely available), highlighting and note-making capabilities and various standards, but she thinks these will be solved over the next 12 months.
  • Ms. Rotman Epps thinks print media should consider subsidizing the devices for their subscribers to drive their adoption, and through them, the sale of digital subscriptions.
  • “Getting the bulk of consumers to change that behaviour will require an experience superior to that of the printed page.”
  • “You want e-readers to be lighter, flexible, more like a piece of paper.”
  • beth gourley on 08 Oct 09
     
    " Book publishers are truly facing a revolution. They're looking at a future where more of their revenue will come from e-books than from print, and the overall [revenue] pie will be smaller. "- Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps
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