Monday, June 18th, 2007
A YouTube user has posted a design proposal for an Apple-inspired ebook reader based on the Apple iPod and iTunes. The proposed reader uses dual-screens to mimic a printed book. Would a design like this, and its incorporation into the successful Apple iPod product line make an eBook reaser more desirable?Sunday, June 17th, 2007
Printing's complicated relationship with the Internet makes it easy to forget that as a medium, the Internet faces issues of its own. One of the thorniest has to do with the principle of network neutrality: the belief that Internet users, not Internet service providers, should be in control of content, ...Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Content Connections, an audience research firm has released its Women and Books 2007 survey results (free with registration). Highlights from the research: Content Connections estimates that the average woman in their study spent $280 on non-fiction titles and spent an additional $157 on fiction titles last year. 54% of women "regularly" or "quite ...Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Dr. Harvey Levenson, department head of CalPoly's Graphic Communication program has released a new book on Graphic Communication has been released by PIA/GATFPress. According to the PIA/GATFPress press release, Introduction to Graphic Communication is targeted at students, but will be useful to anyone interested in printing and graphic communication. I haven't seen ...Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Scott Karp has an article at Folio examining the ability of print magazine publishers to compete with online-only publishers. Scott points out a few online magazines that are succeeding and why an online publishing model has its advantages over traditional print media. He ends with some solid advice for print-centric publisher: So ...Monday, June 11th, 2007
At WhatTheyThink.com and on this blog, we focus mostly on the commercial printing and digital publishing markets. In May, I attended two events that focused exclusively on the packaging market. Esko held their users conference in Orlando and Heidelberg entertained customers and prospects at their North American headquarters. Packaging is a ...Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
WhatTheyThink.com is in Chicago this week at the IPA Technical Conference. Steve Bonoff took time out to talk to Cary Sherburne about the conference. We'll have more video coming from this week's conference. Stay tuned!
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