Ebook Trends: The Year of Living Digitally
Libraries are the logical partners for helping readers discover new ebooks. However, the current state of publisher-library relations over ebook pricing and availability has hindered this potential. A study by the Library Journal [9] has documented library users’ chief complaint: not enough ebook titles. Future versions of the study will explore possible ways of breaking the current deadlock—
- People:
- John Parsons
John Parsons (john@intuideas.com), former Editorial Director of The Seybold Report, is an independent writer, ghostwriter, and editor. He is the co-author of the interactive printed textbook, Introduction to Graphic Communication, on the art, science and business of print, which has been adopted by Ryerson, Arizona State, the University of Houston, and many other schools and vocational training centers. Custom editions of the book are under consideration by major printing companies and franchises for internal training purposes.