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Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad: Could Chris Brogan Be Wrong?

August 3, 2010 42 comments
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Amazon Kindle vs. Apple iPad: Could Chris Brogan Be Wrong? Both Apple and Amazon are fighting for supremacy. Which will win? At least self-publishers can be grateful they have access to distribution at last.

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Independence in The Era of the Aggregators

May 18, 2010 9 comments
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Aggregators—people or companies who gather material into a whole for another purpose, or as representatives of all the parts of the whole—are in new prominence. Particularly with Apple’s iBookstore, a new retail location of incredible potential. But who will sell to the iBookstore? For independent publishers and small presses, Apple has anointed eight companies as [...]

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Apple iPad: The Future of the Book Starts Now

March 5, 2010 16 comments

If you have the time, watch this short video: You may not have noticed it, but on Tuesday in London the CEO of Penguin Books, John Makinson, gave a presentation to the Financial Time’s Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference. As reported by paidContent:UK, he wanted to show the progress Penguin has made in developing products [...]

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Amazon and Macmillan In Dispute over E-Books: Was It Something Apple’s iPad Said?

January 30, 2010 2 comments

In an article late Friday night, the New York Times reported that “Amazon Pulls Macmillan Books Over E-Book Price Disagreement.” Originally reported by Venture Beat, Friday evening books from Macmillan publishers have simply disappeared from Amazon’s virtual shelves. Macmillan is a massive publisher, one of the largest in the country. Apparently Amazon and Macmillan have [...]

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Apple iPad: E-Book Reading, Kindle-Killing, Business-Saving Product of the Century?

January 28, 2010 43 comments

I have to say that watching today’s launch by Apple of the new iPad was quite entertaining. I picked Gizmodo which had a team of four or five people live blogging from the hall and taking photos of the visuals Steve Jobs was using in his presentation. You really have to admire not only the [...]

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