Gene Therapy: Embracing E-books
In the race between the Sony and Amazon e-readers, the Kindle retains a user-friendly edge with its wireless download feature. On the other hand, Sony is opening its platform to greater interoperability and, according to Steve Haber, Sony’s senior marketing vice president, “opens the door to a whole host of paid and free content from third-party e-book stores, Web sites and even public libraries.”
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.