Digital Directions: The iPad Impact
How Steve Jobs and his tablets saved us all.
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Seemingly triggered by the iPad launch, both Macmillan and Hachette have indicated their intent to adopt the agency model with e-book trading partners, including Amazon. This likely signals the end of the wholesale model as an industry standard for e-books.
iPad-Kindle Slugfest
Is the iPad a Kindle-killer? Hardly. Kindle is not necessarily tied to electronic ink or the wholesale model. The Kindle device and program can adapt, and this process—painful though it may be—has already started, as evidenced by Amazon's Toucho acquisition and apparent rapprochement with Macmillan.
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- Companies:
- Amazon.com
- Apple
- People:
- Steve Jobs
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