The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
May 1st, 2009
A very interesting blog entry on 4-29 from Joshua Benton, director of the Nieman Journalism Lab; the title: “Kindle users skew older; does that impact news biz’s revenue hopes?” Mr. Benton reports on an article from a subscriber-based newsletter called Publishers Lunch, which reported that “…over half of reporting Kindle owners are 50 or older,…
April 28th, 2009
The title of this entry is tongue-in-cheek (at least I’m keeping my tongue in my mouth), as I just discovered Zinio’s little-publicized side venture: Undercover Mags. If you go to the site by clicking on this link, it will take you to the magazines deemed of interest to heterosexuals, and you’ll be greeted with a…
April 20th, 2009
Courtesy of Bob Sacks, I’ve just discovered a site devoted to ePaper that is is informative, broad, interesting and not beholden to sponsors (as far as I can tell). Of particular interest is the “E-paper Technologies Reference Guide,” the most thorough I’ve seen to date. If your interest in ePaper is deeper than a pixel,…
April 10th, 2009
The International Digital Publishing Forum, the key trade group promoting eBooks and the standards required to support their growth, recently reported that in Q4 2008 eBook sales reached $16.8 million, just over double the volume in Q4 ’07. Full year sales exceeded $50 million. As always, the chart looks great, and 100+% sales increases sound…
March 7th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports today that “Barnes & Noble Inc. acquired Fictionwise, a leading retailer of electronic books, and said it will launch a new e-bookstore this year, as the e-book market heats up. “The purchase, for $15.7 million, comes only a few days after Amazon.com Inc., the country’s largest online bookseller, said it…