PriceWaterhouseCooper: "One of the things we need to get into context here is that traditional media isn't dead yet and won't be for the next five years. It's very important to think why. The over-50s are helping to sustain traditional media, and also in many of the emerging markets there is still plenty of room for traditional media. The death of traditional media is exaggerated, at least in a five-year context."

"Stanza, a book reading application offered in Apple's (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) iPhone App Store since July, has been downloaded more than 395,000 times and continues to be installed at an average rate of about 5,000 copies a day... In other words, Apple may have inadvertently sold more e-readers than any other company in the nascent digital book market. ...

Big news -- interesting to imagine how publishers will respond to this -- and how this will affect the Long Tail, in particular

On Monday, Netherlands-based iRex Technologies is slated to unveil the iRex Reader 1000, the first in a wave of e-reader devices that promise bigger screens and improved interfaces and functionality. And unlike Kindle or Sony's Reader, this second generation of e-readers aims to bring innovative E-ink display technology to the more demanding, and possibly more lucrative, world of business.

Examples of how academics may be striking back at high textbook prices. May have dramatic effects on the textbook market, over time.

from a friend: "a nice round up of blog touring - aka virtual book touring - which is an increasingly popular (and green) option for authors, particularly as the number of traditional book store venues concentrates."

Cory Doctorow's fabulous spit in Microsoft's eye, from 2004. Translated by fans into multiple formats and languages, for free, because of his openness.