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"“Caught My Eye” by Katina"
There are a few items that have “caught our eye” in the last couple of weeks that we wanted to share. Check them out. They are well worth the read!
Ignore the Doomsayers: The Book Industry Is Actually Adapting Well This article in the Atlantic by journalist turned book editor/publisher Peter Osnos points [...]
Read More... →This is a fascinating interview with John Riley owner of Gabriel Books and Eastern Regional Sales Manager for BUSCA, Inc. Oh! Did we mention that John is also a frequent contributor to Against the Grain and one of the driving forces in the highly entertaining Charleston [...]
Read More... →There are a few items that have “caught our eye” in the last couple of weeks that we wanted to share.
First out of the box is Textbooks Unbound an article from Inside Higher ED by Doug Lederman highlighting the challenge that Boundless Learning poses to traditional textbook publishers. Evidently the folks [...]
Read More... →Here are a few articles and blog posts that “caught our eye” during the last few weeks.
We Should Open an eBookstore - Joe Wikert suggests that publishers i.e. the “Big Six”, the “Little guys” and “Everyone in between” get together and create an ebookstore. Dissertation for Sale: [...]
Read More... →Momentum Builds for DCL’s eBook Model
Adding a little more fire to Friday’s ATG Hot Topic of the Week about ebooks, Digital Shift reports that “the Douglas County Libraries pioneering model for purchasing ebooks directly from publishers is gaining a significant amount of traction.
Colorado’s Marmot Library Network, Anythink [...]
Read More... →Differing Results from Two Studies of UK and US undergraduates
INFOdocket reports on two new studies one from Bowker entitled British University Students Still Crave Print, Says New BML Study and the other from the Pearson Foundation called New Survey Finds Dramatic Increase in Tablet Ownership Among College Students and [...]
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