I was disappointed by the commentary that greeted this announcement by New Zealand’s National Business Review publisher Barry Colman to start (again) charging for some content. Comment ranged from the… Read more >
Spain’s three biggest publishers have joined forces to form a digital distributor with the aim of influencing how the Spanish-language ebook market develops. The three companies — Planeta, Random House Mondadori,… Read more >
One of the areas we’ve been seeing a lot of innovation this year is screen technologies. It’s a key area of development for e-reading and the good news is that… Read more >
July 12, 2009 analysis, ebook readers, hardware, iphone 1 Read more >
Through my work with the Digital Publishing Forum, I’ve been putting together a programme for that organisation’s major conference event this year. It’s called the Future of the Book and… Read more >
The NZ$100 million upgrade to New Zealand’s National Library building has prompted debate about whether it’s money well spent. The latest contribution to this debate from the New Zealand Herald’s… Read more >
April 22, 2009 analysis, bookselling, business, ebook lending, libraries 18 Read more >
At last week’s Digital Publishing seminars, we touched on the topic of how to price an ebook. There are many ways you can arrive at a price. It’s a really… Read more >
I suppose I should add to the noise and write about Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 release. But before I do, I should clarify: it’s not actually a new phone, it’s… Read more >
March 19, 2009 analysis, bookselling, ebook readers, iphone, news 0 Read more >
I really enjoyed this panel discussion on the future of the book on American University Radio. The panellists are top flight, helped by informed questioning by host Kojo Nnamdi. Rob… Read more >