Reading is, in these days, an over-rated activity.
Most of what is most important about books is now about not-reading them. I was reminded of this deep but counter-intuitive truth by a blogger (An American Editor) recently complaining that his To Be Read pile (TBR Pile) was getting unmanageable because it was full of ebooks that often cost nothing and were without physical presence.
… Keep ReadingWhich brings us to the special problem of ebooks. Yes, ebooks are a special
Judge Chin is still considering his decision in the case of Google ….. His ruling may come this week, next week, or in a few months. Only he and his team have a good idea of that. Meanwhile Professor Pam Samuelson has produced a very thorough, balanced, somewhat critical review of the proposed Settlement and of Google’s efforts in a 60 page paper for the Minnesota Law Review. If you haven’t been following GBS too closely, this is an … Keep Reading
Do not say that we do not listen to our market. One of my colleagues was explaining how our system of Shared Access Codes (SAC) enables a publisher to offer a comprehensive service to subscribers who may soon be getting and wanting both a print subscription, web access, and an app for their iPhone and iPad. The Exact Editions service enables publishers to do this… and it can be viewed as a comprehensive distribution platform for the publisher. But the … Keep Reading
Joe Wikert has posted a pretty strong complaint on his Publishing 2020 Blog:
… Keep ReadingWhere Are All the iOS Magazine Subscription Apps
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I’m certainly not the first to blog about this and I doubt I’ll be the last. What I can’t understand though is why, after Apple made in-app subscriptions possible months ago, are none of the big guys selling their magazines that way?Does it have to do with Apple’s 30% cut? Are they all trying to find a
One of the requirements of the Apple iOS system is that an app should be shareable across devices. Speaking for myself, I now have three bits of Apple kit with the iPhone OS: an iPod Touch, an iPhone and an iPad. I also have a MacBook Pro — and am wondering when Apple will enable apps to run across the desktop. Following the introduction of the iPad, the Exact Editions apps now have a system of ‘shared access codes’ through … Keep Reading
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