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Theresa de los Santos

Amazon offers authors bigger cut of book sales, snubs traditional publishers | Technolo... - 0 views

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Amazon Kindle Book Publishers Digital Text

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    Amazon is playing hardball with book publishers. The Seattle online bookseller says it will give authors a 70% cut of the sale of e-books sold for its Kindle readers, essentially offering writers a way to bypass traditional book publishers.
Theresa de los Santos

How e-Books Are Changing the Printed Word - CBS Sunday Morning - CBS News - 0 views

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Publishing Kindle Books e-books

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    Experts say e-books have the potential to rewrite the publishing business model.
Ryan Fuller

Publishers Gain Leverage in E-Book Negotiations With Google - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 ebooks price

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  • Ryan Fuller on 09 Feb 10
     
    With the impending arrival of digital books on the Apple iPad and feverish negotiations with Amazon.com over e-book prices, publishers have managed to take some control - at least temporarily - of how much consumers pay for their content.
michael curtin

Making the Case for iPad E-Book Prices - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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e-book apple amazon publishing nytimes 2010

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    Provides breakdown of publishing costs for hardcover books vs. e-versions. Authors get screwed, while publishers struggle to cover their overhead costs and maintain profitability.
chris_seaman

Amazon Concedes to Macmillan on E-Book Pricing - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Amazon Kindle e-Books Publishers industry

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    Amazon is conceding to Macmillan's price hikes on e-books rather than pull Macmillian from its digital and physical catalog.
Rebekah Pure

MediaShift . 5Across: Environmental Impact of Newspapers, Books, e-Waste | PBS - 0 views

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analysis publishing technology environment

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  • Rebekah Pure on 03 Feb 10
     
    A group of experts examine the environmental impact of print media versus electronic media. Counter-intuitive findings. It may be (not for sure though) that newspapers are actually a greener option. They use recycled paper, whereas using the computer uses energy and contributes to e-waste. This just doesn't seem right...
Ryan Fuller

As More Phones Stream Video, Networks Are Slowed - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 cell phones bandwidth

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  • Ryan Fuller on 31 Jan 10
     
    America's advanced cellphone network is already beginning to be bogged down by smartphones that double as computers, navigation devices and e-book readers. Cellphones are increasingly being used as TVs, which hog even more bandwidth. They can also transmit video, allowing for videoconferencing on cellphones.
Ryan Fuller

News Corp.'s HarperCollins And Apple? | paidContent - 0 views

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2010 Apple HarperCollins News Corp.

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  • Ryan Fuller on 19 Jan 10
     
    HarperCollins and Apple may have an e-book deal in the works. 
Ryan Fuller

Macmillan's DynamicBooks Lets Professors Rewrite E-Textbooks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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2010 textbooks digital editing customizable texts

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  • Ryan Fuller on 22 Feb 10
     
    In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks and customize them for their individual classes.
Ethan Hartsell

It's Google's World, We Just Live in It - 0 views

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Google internet 2010 Social Networking Smart Phones

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  • Ethan Hartsell on 16 Feb 10
     
    An analysis of Google Buzz, and a little perspective on Google's broad ambitions: "We will index all the world's information, upload all the books, deploy the fastest network and design the coolest phone, while simultaneously managing your e-mail, pictures, blogs and anything else you'd care to upload to our online repositories."
Ethan Hartsell

New Media Can Help Some Old Media - 0 views

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convergence cable Internet Television newspapers

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  • Ethan Hartsell on 22 Jan 10
     
    Network television and cable networks have a bright future, despite the inroads of TiVo and the threat of free video on the Web. And book publishers may also see growth in the years ahead, if they can learn to relax and love the e-reader. Newspapers, however, can pretty much pack it in.
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