Cloud computing has captured the imaginations of computer users with a simple proposition: all of your stuff will always available in the cloud. Independent software vendors have been rolling out solution after solution to take advantage of this twist that adds a new wrinkle to the concept of digital content ownership. Photographs, music, email, banking [...]
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Scarcity and the cost of ebooks
September 27th, 2011 · Comments Off · ebooks, electronic publishing
How much should an ebook cost? Is $.99 the perfect price point? Is $12.99 too much? On one side of the argument, you have people who are firmly convinced that since an ebook has no material substance—hence no need for printing, paper, physical distribution, returns, and so on—there is no justification for pricing beyond [...]
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The Enhanced Book Gets Real with “Our Choice”
May 7th, 2011 · Comments Off · Apple, computer history, e-readers, electronic publishing, iPad, renewable energy, sustainability, technology
The promise of enhanced ebooks has been around since the first text flickered on a computer screen, but this promise has rarely been realized in practice. Most past efforts to create computer-based books with embedded digital media elements have been cumbersome, slow, difficult to navigate, and—all in all—not worth the effort. An entire industry rose [...]
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Cooking up the perfect e-reader
November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Amazon, Apple, e-readers, ebooks, electronic publishing
As of late, the blogosphere has been burning with passionate posts comparing the current crop of e-readers and e-reader capable tablets—particularly the Kindle and iPad, but also the legions of newly introduced devices, such as the NookColor, the Kobo ebook reader, and the WISEreader. The comparisons often bristle with the zealous conviction of judges on [...]
Some thoughts about future ebooks
September 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · e-readers, ebooks, electronic publishing, technology
Although interest in ebooks is escalating, the ultimate possibilities of electronic publishing are still a topic of imaginative conversations. This video from IDEO suggests a few ways books might be expanded and enhanced using social networking, collaboration, and cross linking. The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]
