February 15, 2012
by Dan
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Author Tim Parks has an interesting post on the virtues of e-books on the NYRB blog: The e-book, by eliminating all variations in the appearance and weight of the material object we hold in our hand and by discouraging anything … Continue reading
March 31, 2011
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In yesterday’s round-up I briefly mentioned DODOcase who use traditional bookbinding techniques to produce iPad and e-reader covers locally in San Francisco. Here’s a video introduction to the company and their products: Another reason (were one needed) to get an … Continue reading
September 22, 2010
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Design consultancy IDEO present three visions for the “future of the book” (none of which include print of course): Any thoughts?
August 5, 2010
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In a recent op-ed for The Financial Times (registration required), John Makinson, CEO of the Penguin Group, outlined the opportunities e-books offer to publishers: What is being missed in the debate about the division of digital spoils is the opportunity … Continue reading
July 22, 2010
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An interesting post by the whip-smart Evan Schnittman, Managing Director of Group Sales and Marketing at Bloomsbury, about e-book rights and royalties at his blog Black Plastic Glasses: [A] successful and coherent publishing is not the sum of individual publishing … Continue reading