May 13th, 2009
Princeton University has created a website to set forth the rationale for exploring eReading devices (specifically the Kindle DX). The whole site (not large) is worth exploring. But one fascinating statement emerges: A driving factor in the launch of this pilot was the patterns of printing on campus. Statistics show that students are not reading…
May 12th, 2009
Samir “Mr. Magazine” Husni and Bob Sacks are the two leading eminences grise(s) of the magazines and newspapers publishing industries. But neither are gray in their outlook: both have refreshingly positive attitudes as to where things are heading. Dr. Husni’s recent blog entry, “37 good things I have learned from the 37th FIPP World Magazine…
May 7th, 2009
I had a grand plan tonight to create an in-depth article debunking all of the false (or, at best, misleading) information that surrounded today’s launch of the Kindle DX. It had the same title as this blog entry. The article began: —————————————————————– Hush now, don’t explain Just say you’ll remain Unless you’re mad, don’t explain…
May 5th, 2009
The press is absolutely buzzing with scuttlebutt about the apparently now not very secret annoucement that Amazon plans for Wednesday in New York of a new supersized Kindle, roughly at the 8-1/2 ” by 11″ page size. The first leak was in an article in the Sunday New York Times called “Looking to Big-Screen E-Readers…
May 4th, 2009
I’m not a trained economist, although I’ve worked as a businessman for some 30 years, and have closely followed economic issues for many years. I think it’s obvious to everyone that works in publishing that the economic situation worldwide (and particularly in the U.S.) has become the “double whammy” that’s causing huge distress for publishers…