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Bezos predicts Kindle book sales will surpass paperbacks within a year
USAToday sat down with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to talk to him about the Kindle and the accompanying bookstore. Bezos is suprisingly candid about several issues. Some highlights: On the recent news that Kindle books are outselling hardcovers on Amazon: … Continue reading
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Creating anthologies on demand
What if you could visit Amazon or Barnes & Noble and create your own anthology about any topic you want? Why can’t you already? Continue reading
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Tagged customized, digital, ebooks, hypothetical, ideas, pod, predictions, print on demand, printing, texts, user experience narratives
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Published author predicts the ebook experience in 2014
Genre novelist Joe Konrath, aka Jack Kilborn, predicts what reading ebooks will be like in 4 years, including ambient audio tracks, physical takeaways at book signings, ads, and place-shifting content across devices. Continue reading
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Tagged brainstorming, ebooks, ereaders, extrapoloation, future of publishing, future of reading, future technology, predictions, publishing, user narratives
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Insider says Amazon has sold 240,000 Kindles so far
TechCrunch says someone with direct knowledge of Amazon’s sales figures has told them the company has sold 240,000 Kindles since last November. They figure that this part of Amazon’s business, while still minuscule, has managed to bring in over $100 … Continue reading
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How to predict what Amazon will announce next
It should be clear by now that the only time Amazon likes to announce a feature is when a competitor–usually Barnes & Noble–has something to announce. The Kindle 2 price cut this summer happened a few hours after B&N’s price … Continue reading →