Category Archives: E-books

iBooks or Apps? The publisher’s dilemma

February 24, 2010 – 7:51 am

Should publishers sell books using Apple’s App Store or iBookstore?
Many publishers have started using the iPhone App Store as a channel to sell book content by packaging e-books as applications. There are currently 18,000 books in the App Store, and books are the fastest growing category of application in the store.
With the launch of the [...]

By Richard Padley | Also posted in Mobile, Online Publishing Market, Publishing business models | Post a comment | 2 comments

What Apple’s iPad and iBookstore mean for publishers

January 27, 2010 – 9:34 pm

Publishing techies like myself have been waiting for a long time for Apple to launch their tablet device. With the accelerating interest in eBooks, and the ignition of the eBook marketplace with devices such as the Kindle and Sony reader, I’ve been keen to see how Apple’s entry into the tablet marketplace will change the [...]

By Richard Padley | Also posted in Online Publishing Market, Publishing business models | Post a comment | 6 comments

‘Innovation from product to production’ at the STM E-Production Seminar

January 13, 2010 – 1:12 pm

Written and delivered in partnership with Andrea Powell from CABI, this presentation is a case study of lessons drawn from the CAB Direct project, and highlights issues which are relevant across the board for publishers delivering online content. This includes looking at how to maximise value in the design of taxonomies and coding systems, how designing and [...]

By Richard Padley | Also posted in Access and identity management, Information Architecture, Project Management, Publishing business models, Search, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

Online publishing tech buzz 2010

January 13, 2010 – 9:29 am

Taking inspiration from the stars (currently obscured by a thick layer of snow-clouds over Brighton) we bring you the online publishing tech buzz for 2010: what’s up, what’s down – and what’s coming back for a second time around.
This isn’t completely a matter of personal prejudice. We’ve taken as a starting point the Gartner hype [...]

By John Helmer | Also posted in Online Publishing Market, Technology | Post a comment | 4 comments

From codex to code: will books become apps?

August 28, 2009 – 9:28 am

Delivering books as smartphone apps offers many new possibilities beyond the traditional confines of book publishing.

By John Helmer | Also posted in Publishing business models, Technology | Post a comment | 1 comment

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