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Digital book site Scribd is wooing big publishers by offering greater control and more revenue than Amazon.

Money continues to rain down on "real-time" start-ups. The latest example: a fledgling two-person company called DailyBooth.

Why charging for online content won't work and some online revenue model suggestions.

Possible generation-gap-type issues for digital educational publishing for colleges: "Today, the college assumes all students not only have computer skills but a plethora of high-tech devices and services. The class schedule and registration procedure is entirely online-even if you're in the registrar's office....In the first class, the professor handed out her e-mail address and the URL where the syllabus could be found--instead of her office phone number and a copy of the syllabus. Unfortunately, the college sites are full of graphics and animations and download very slowly on my dial-up connection. (Even if I could afford a broadband connection, my ISP doesn't provide it in my area.)" "At least one exercise in each chapter requires accessing the publisher's textbook Web site. Many of these exercises could just as easily be put on the computer disk also sold-at an increased profit (I used to work for a textbook-preparation company)-with the text....Again, a dial-up connection won't download the videos. The audio files are .mp3; I can't open them, don't have the skill to know what program I need, and have no access to free technical support....So once every chapter I head for either the heavily used public library or the equally heavily used computer lab in the college's suburban learning center (branch campus)--and hope that a computer is available."

Hearst's Esquire magazine will pepper its December issue with markers that trigger interactive video segments featuring cover subject Robert Downey Jr. and other actors, as well as an ad for Lexus." />

A private school in Ashburnham, Mass. began to get rid of most of the school's library books and replaced them with a digital collection.

Brings up interesting point comparing e-readers to digital cameras, rather than mp3 players inasfar as how fast they caught on.

Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.

Google and two author and publisher groups submitted a modified version of a controversial settlement over digital books, but it appears likely the fight over the agreement will continue." />

Pulling media sites out of Google search results is a bold idea, but there are many reasons to think it's not the future of the web.

Owners of new Amazon Kindles are about to get two improvements to their e-readers. They won't have to do anything; indeed, they might not even notice the upgrade.

Looking at the Google Books decision as an opportunity.

Apparently in some places, the move to digital has been more pervasive than estimated.

1 Letter to Series Authors Actively Writing For Harlequin The landscape of digital publishing continues to evolve at a fast pace and Harlequin is at the forefront of this evolution. In 2007 Harlequin was the first publisher to simultaneously publish print and digital editions of our entire frontlist.

Examines publishing vs. self-publishing in the aftermath of Penguin's decision to cancel an author's contract when she self-published a collection of stories.

Get your resumes revised - the ad companies need your digital publishing skills.

Heat mapping to better direct your marketing efforts based on geography? Yes, please!