Apple’s Tablet Could Be Print Industry’s Lifeboat
The more you think about it, the more obvious it is that an Apple tablet would specialize in reviving dead-tree media (i.e., newspapers, magazines and books). All the rumors suggest the device would be...
View ArticleE-Readers Will Survive the Onslaught of Tablets
If you think the coming wave of tablets is about to make e-book readers obsolete, guess again. Although dozens of tablets are scheduled to hit the market this year — from companies like Apple, HP and...
View ArticleA Call for Transparency in Apple’s App Store
The iTunes App Store is nearly two years old, and Apple still has not published a clear set of guidelines about what type of content is and isn’t allowed inside apps. That’s a problem, especially for...
View ArticleKindle Singles Will Bring Novellas, Chapbooks and Pamphlets to E-Readers
Amazon is announcing that a new kind of content will soon join books, magazines, newspapers, and blogs in the Kindle store. Called Kindle Singles, the 30-to-90 page e-chapbooks aim to split the...
View ArticleGore, Ex-Apple Engineers Team Up to Blow Up the Book
What do you do after working for Apple, a company whose mission seems to be nothing less than disrupting entire industries? Easy. You start a company to create your own ding in the universe. That’s the...
View ArticleDigital Self-Publishing Platform Blurb Expands to Offer Magazines and Brochures
Publishing in the digital age doesn't mean we'll abandon print entirely. Digital self-publishing platform Blurb is expanding its book printing business to include print magazines and brochures.
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