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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
BoSacks Speaks Out: I have been tracking the iPad very closely. It is my belief that it is an important device. Why is a good question? The answer is that it isn't so much a device as a universal translator platform, much the same way that an iPhone ...
Posted in Publishing | 1 Comment »
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
I have spent hours looking for the perfect article that matches or at least parallels my first impression of the iPad. Many are laughing at the name; I say get over it. It really does not matter that people can and have made fun of it. I ...
Posted in Magazines, eBooks, eReaders | 10 Comments »
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
There are two things I would like to point out today in reference to an article Folio titled Magazine Production's New World Order. The first is that I forecasted the demise of the traditional production department in a white paper in 2005. Being a senior manufacturing guy most of ...
Posted in Magazines | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
I have long held the theory and prophesized in this newsletter and elsewhere, that digital magazines will save our industry. Aggregated data and web sites are not the solution to our woes; paginated performance and delivery is. If there is a future for magazine publishers and you have ...
Posted in Magazines | 5 Comments »
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Perhaps it is just me, but does anyone really think it is a good idea for print products to drive readers to their computers and to the web? This is a big duh, what were they thinking moment.
Cool ....yes, but cool for whom? This is a really cool look at ...
Posted in Magazines | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Developments in the eReader market are happening faster than anyone can keep track of, and that includes me. It seems that new products are being released on a daily basis. And each of these products has new, interesting and advantageous technologies.
The Barnes and Noble new eReader has what ...
Posted in eBooks | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
I track the industry as well as some and better than some others, so I thought I would pass along something for you to have with your morning coffee: Kill a Newspaper, Save a Tree? Not Quite
The American Forest & Paper Assn. estimates that newsprint production in 2009 ...
Posted in New Media, Newspapers | Comments Off