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America's obsession with digital tablets is driving a boon in e-book reading, a new survey shows, a trend that is dampening the appeal of printed books and shaking the centuries-old publishing business.

Why it is important to fully think through one's marketing plans...this is also a great example of real-life viral marketing that started from a rather creative author idea. :)

Publishing is adapting, not disappearing.

Is listening to an audiobook "reading" the book? Why do we tend to think that one form is "true" reading?

Is Apple justified in refusing to sell e-books that link to Amazon? Is this ethical?

Amazon started life as a book retailer, and as a book retailer they made books cheaper. Then they were pioneers in the e-book industry where they made books cheaper. Their recently announced plan to give readers free e-book copies of books they buy in physical form doesn't make books cheaper per se, but it does give readers greater value for their book-buying dollar. This is all great stuff. But not everyone agrees. Emily Gould complains that "When ebooks and pbooks are bundled, the ebooks are sold at a loss. That's authors', publishers' and, associatively, non-AMZN retailers' loss" and "frustrating we have to keep explaining that ebook production is not free. digital objects are not made by elves."

Conventional wisdom says that entrepreneurs who start a Web-based business will do so with VC money. Read enough stories of Internet ventures that enjoy lucrative exits in the millions (in some cases billions) of dollars, and it's easy to assume that the only path to success is to begin by securing deals with investors who are far less interested in helping a start-up build a substantial brand as they are in realizing a return as quickly as possible. Bootstrapping simply isn't sexy anymore. But for many start-up publishers, bootstrapping is a way of life, and VC money isn't an option.

Tim Armstrong , CEO of AOL, said he believes the next phase of the Internet is about content. And he told the audience at D8 that AOL is working on the "future of journalism." " lang="en-us

HONG KONG — The Associated Press is considering whether to sell news stories to some online customers exclusively for a certain period, perhaps half an hour, the head of the news organization said Tuesday. The AP licenses its stories and photographs to many of the Internet's main hubs, including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN, and its work also is used by hundreds of Web sites owned by newspapers and broadcasters.

This is a bit dated, but the topic is right on point given our recent discussions on small, independent presses and business model innovation.

Google adjusts an algorithm to to combat SEO gaming.  No longer true (at least on Google) that "All publicity is good publicity"

According to Young, changing technology is easy, changing cultural values is another story. Does this explain why readers are slow to embrace the e-book?

More on the Google-AAP settlement. Key take-away ""But content owners also belatedly realize that simply suing consumers who find new, convenient ways to access content online is not as good as finding new business models to profit from customer interest that technology makes possible."

One of the most powerful aspects of blogging is anyone, anywhere can have a voice to express opinions and make a difference. Blog Action Day is an excellent

A major magazine is boosting its video content, most of which is pulled from other sources and curated by the magazine. Interesting way to cater to their audience and keep them coming back, not to mention advertising implications.

There is an event at the GW main campus tonight about careers in publishing. I just found out about it, and thought I would pass it along in case anyone is interested in attending.

Silicon Valley start-up Trackle.com is launching the public beta of its personalized Google Alerts to track pretty much everything in an internet user's life. Trackle's technology and interface is innovative and disarmingly comprehensive. It provides real-time personalized RSS feeds of the latest...

Not that we all don't know what an e-book is (scary thought if we are in this program and don't!), but I just thought it was interesting that HP Learning Center is offering a class about e-books. Seems with the rising popularity of the Kindle, every has something to say about e-books.

Great content doesn't always find an audience.