The Dictionary Market: Getting Your Words' Worth
And yet regardless of whether or not the public's organic desire for dictionary content has grown, it's certainly true that the content itself is much more ever-present today than it's ever been. Thanks to a partnership with Amazon, for instance, every Kindle e-reader comes bundled with a digital edition of the OED's stateside flagship dictionary, the "New Oxford American Dictionary." As for the online edition of the OED, it receives upwards of two million hits each month from paying subscribers. And due to relationships it has with various licensing and technology companies, content from Oxford dictionaries can now be accessed on mobile phones, handheld devices, GPS devices, various software programs, ebooks and even electronic highlighters and portable scanning translators for students learning a second language.
Dan Eldridge is a journalist and guidebook author based in Philadelphia's historic Old City district, where he and his partner own and operate Kaya Aerial Yoga, the city's only aerial yoga studio. A longtime cultural reporter, Eldridge also writes about small business and entrepreneurship, travel, and the publishing industry. Follow him on Twitter at @YoungPioneers.