20.Oct.2009 at 20 | Maria Thurrell
I was surprised when I recently found out that The New York Times doesn’t take ebook sales into account when calculating its best seller list. Ebooks are becoming increasingly popular — so how can we possibly have an accurate view of what books are selling if those numbers aren’t made available?
With more ereader devices hitting [...]
Tagged: Industry News ,Best Seller list, Dan Brown, ebooks, hardcover, Lost Symbol, New York Times, paperback
15.Oct.2009 at 15 | Maria Thurrell
Every year, on one specific day, bloggers all around the world post about a particular topic. That day is today. October 15, 2009. It is Blog Action Day. This year, we were asked to blog about climate change. So I want to take a moment to ask the question: Are digital books “green”?
They save paper, [...]
Tagged: Industry News, Technology ,#BAD09, Blog Action Day, climate change, Copenhagen, ebooks, environment, Estonia, green, Pablo Paster, tcktcktck
28.Sep.2009 at 28 | Maria Thurrell
I recently came across a post on TechFlash about the ebook universe. The author, Eric Engleman, created a graphic (shown to the right) to begin to explore the “big boom” of the ebook universe. As Engleman wrote in his post:
The buzz around Amazon’s Kindle electronic reader has sparked growing interest in digital books, and the [...]
Tagged: Industry News, Technology ,digital, digital books, ebooks, graphic, landscape, language, representation, universe