Bibliographic information provider Bowker has released the "2009 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Report," which includes consumer-based...
"The experiment continues. Books, newspapers, magazines and journals are all pushing the e-publication model to see how far it will get before someone screams for a print version. POD is the answer to this and should be the future direction for a purchase button for any electonic version offered. To..."
"Very well stated, Michael. As a former educational publisher (editor in chief and COO), I agree with the points that you made. In addition, no one mentions that a student can sell the new textbook (not the ancillaries) at the end of the semester if they want and..."
"Thanks for your feedback, Matt. Your point about collaborative authoring as practiced in graphic novels/coimics is doubtless the way to go -- currently we bring in the media side sequentially in the "enhanced" book world. It will be interesting to see if/when we get to synthesis.
Gene..."
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