Archive for January, 2013

Episode 95 News How was DBW, anyway? Piracy studies and thoughts http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/does-piracy-hurt-digital-content-sales-yes/ http://www.magellanmediapartners.com/index.php/mmcp/article/market_failures#When:11:00:11Z 54% of kids in the US now read eBooks Random House’s Infographic First bookless public library coming Triton 2 frontlit Amazon looking to buy the Liquavista? (electrowetting screen tech). http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/01/21/amazon-is-going-to-buy-liquavista/ http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/01/22/a-close-look-at-liquavistas-latest-electrowetting-screen-tech-video Samsung OLEDs Kobo claims 20% of global ereader market Cybook Odessy [...]

Episode 94 – John Rodzvilla of Emerson College Special Guest John Rodzvilla, professor at Emerson College News Shop for ebooks at the grocery store? Amazon AutoRip for CDs Kindle Touch gets updated Flexible e-paper prototypes Self-promotion via bit torrent works for Tim Ferris Lulu drops DRM Discussion Emerson’s Digital Publishing program Department: http://www.emerson.edu/academics/departments/writing-literature-publishing Graduate Program: [...]

Episode 93 – Jeremy Greenfield Special Guest Jeremy Greenfield, managing editor of Digital Book World News of 2012 Pearson invests $90 million in Nook. BN & Nook sales down According to eMarketer (hmmmm), eink devices are doing fine New records set for device activations Print books are going to die, and it is all eBooks’ [...]