DRP 2010

Mike Elgan writes about ebooks and how publishers should be embracing them and not trying to block them. He promotes the idea of an all inclusive package of ebook, hardcover and audio book.

Mike Elgan writes about ebooks and how publishers should be embracing them and not trying to block them. He promotes the idea of an all inclusive package of ebook, hardcover and audio book

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Are print books really about to disappear, overtaken like horse-drawn carriages in the age of Detroit and the Ford Model T? Truth is, nobody knows. Nobody ever really knows what the future is going to hold, no matter how sure they sound in their predictions.

Facebook is amending its business model and software to enhance the regulatory framework for its users, as the debate regarding privacy is central to the companies brand image.

Twitter has grown exponentially in the last 3.5 years. The company is trying to raise capital for growth, stimulating debate regarding the companies fundamental value beyond hype.

The NBA has banned all social media during games, including Twitter and Facebook. This contrasts the leagues' relationship with 'traditional media,' which has mostly been favorable and inclusive.

Amazon.com Inc is introducing Kindle, its wireless electronic reader, for over 100 countries, including China. Still, the problem is the price of reader.It is better to use lower price to attract more consumers.

Nielsen releases the new figure which shows that Australians spent 1.6 million hours on social media sites in June this year. In the U.S.A, MySpace lost half of its maket share while its share has beed doubled in Australia

"Twitter is testing a new feature allowing the more anal of its users to compile lists of Twitter accounts."

Rupert Murdoch in China, arguing for paid content, and greater freedom for the press. 'The challenge of fusing past and present is real for media companies, and for China. Our aim must be to enhance the lives of our customers and citizens, and yet we find ourselves in the midst of an information revolution that is both exciting and unsettling. It is a digital revolution turning traditional business models upside down … traversing geographic, industrial, and media boundaries … and creating a new source of wealth, material and social, around the world.'

Plenty of businesses and nonprofit organizations have signed up for Twitter and Facebook, but are they using these social media outlets to their fullest potential?

In this article the Harvard Press acknowledges the changing nature of publishing, in regard to different audiences and the pace of technological development, revealing how they will release articles, journals and magazines in different formats, with a growing focus on digital mediums.

children wirte faster wth pan than with keyboard, study from the US.

Fascinating presentation about the change in digital perception of the future generations.

Stephen King has published two works in internet. The first was "Riding the bullet", which sold around 500,000 copies online. With that success, King started the publication of a second work online, The Plant, with the idea of selling each chapter at $1. But he decided to suspend the experiment, because it didn't work as he thought it might.

New E-Book Company to Focus on Older Titles

Vodafone is launching a cloud-based service designed for business people and consumers who are looking for a way to back up the data on their desktops, laptops and netbooks. The move is significant as Vodafone is making another move beyond the mobile market and is using cloud-based services to get there

A few tips for creating a better blog

In digital media, on the web, the news package is now a function of software - which is why Google is innovating precisely where publishers are not.