A little more than three years ago, we posted a 4cast about speculation that ebook sales were ready to start into a decline. Current sales…
OPLIN 4cast #542: Ebooks vs print books
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A little more than three years ago, we posted a 4cast about speculation that ebook sales were ready to start into a decline. Current sales…
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If you were hoping to get some tips about the best way to catch catfish in the Amazon River, our apologies; that’s not what this…
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News UK, which publishes The Sun, the UK’s biggest-selling tabloid, decided at the end of last week to get rid of the paywall on their…
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Since the 1930s, people have said, “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” and this certainly applies to “free” information on the Internet.…
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Last week, Facebook launched Instant Articles, putting entire news stories from nine news organizations inside Facebook’s mobile app where people can read them rather than…
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We are inundated every day by words on the web. We are constantly reading emails, tweets, news headlines, and, of course, the OPLIN 4cast every…
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At the end of last week, there was an interesting development among ebook publishers. The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), which includes several major publishers,…
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Magazines certainly aren’t what they used to be. Publishers of print magazines have been rapidly developing new apps for putting their content on mobile devices,…
There’s a battle shaping up over the business of selling digital newspapers and magazines to users of tablet devices, like the iPad. While Apple has…