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The Lost Symbol and the Lost Hashtag #LBF09 #LBF
It’s a tricky business getting to grips with new media, especially when you’re dealing with a two thousand year old story — always assuming, of course, that Dan Brown’s new novel, The Lost Symbol,...
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eBook Sales – Weighing up the Digital Impact
Phil Groom was kind enough to invite me to cross-post from my personal blog where I have taken a periodic interest in the rise of the eBook. I’m fascinated by the explosive potential of their impact in...
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eBook sales and digital reader update
From January 24 – 26, the Publishing Industry will gather in New York for the Digital Book World Conference to debate the new technologies. I really wish I was going but, like me, you can follow it on...
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Time to go live with Hive?
THANKS TO MELANIE CARROLL of Unicorn Tree Books, Lincoln, for her latest comment on this new initiative from Gardners: Hive – Shop locally online (beta site screenshot) … while me & Gareth discuss...
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Wider Book Trade – Phew, 8 weeks that started the year
This list documents extraordinary activity in the wider Book Trade in a few short weeks; UK book sales fell 3% in 2010, selling £56m less than in 2009 NIV Bible eBook tops the USA bestseller list over...
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Post-Digital Armageddon: Jonny Gallant reflects on the future of the book trade
EBOOKS. Or should that be e-books? Or even ibooks if it’s Apple as the vendor. The fact that the book industry can’t even agree on its basic terminology is perhaps telling in and of itself, but however...
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London Book Fair 2012: A Personal Perspective
I attended the London Book Fair at Earls Court this month; the first time in several years. I was left with several over-riding impressions. The Fair remains the premier International Book Fair. It was...
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