The following article was published in the latest Australian Booksellers Association magazine. I wrote it a couple of months ago and some of the UK moves have been affected by the change of government. (The Digital Economy Act 2010 passed by the previous government did include Section 43 which amends copyright for some public library [...]
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Libraries and ebooks: tough issues that it’s time to debate
July 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: analysis · bookselling · business · copyright · libraries
Research: iPad and Kindle beat printed book in user satisfaction
July 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments
While book lovers console each other with anecdotes about how hard it is to beat the experience of a real book, it seems that they’re already telling researchers a different story. A new usability study by leading usability researcher Jakob Nielsen lined up the printed book against digital editions on the Kindle, iPad and PC. [...]
Tags: analysis · ebook readers
Amazon’s split ebook top 100 shows the classics now have some serious competition
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Amazon has just split its ebook top 100 list into a Free and a Paid list, giving much more useful insight into what people are buying and reading digitally. To me, the most interesting thing is it shows is that the classics — the traditional fare of free reading — have some serious competition from new [...]
Tags: Amazon · Kindle · analysis
US publisher Simon and Schuster gives early glimpse of digital impact
May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Top six US publisher Simon and Schuster, a division of CBS, broke out its digital numbers from its first quarter results to show an impressive year-on-year growth of 233% to US$12 million, up from just US$3.6M in Q1 2009 . The figure includes ebooks, audio downloads and standalone apps. While these numbers are still small [...]
iPad a hit but Apple’s nasty turn catches publishers in the crossfire
April 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Just days after the launch of Apple’s iPad, it might be time for starry-eyed publishers to take a reality check from their iPad infatuations. Apple has just made the content business much harder. The reason is an escalation in Apple’s long-running battle with Adobe over its Flash platform. Apple’s latest move bans any content generated [...]
Tags: Adobe · Apple · analysis · android · iPad · iphone · news
