Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
On June 8th California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched a digital textbooks initiative. In the speech announcing the initiative Schwarzenegger made his case that printed text books are expensive, outdated, antiquated and heavy: So this is why I think it is so important that we move on from the textbooks. The textbooks ...Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Today's edition of The Tennessean is reporting that Ingram Industries will merge its print and digital publishing operations into a single business entity. The article states in part: "Ingram Industries will consolidate its print and digital publishing services into one company called Ingram Content Group Inc., a move the company said ...Thursday, November 20th, 2008
This seems a bit "if Rube Goldberg ran a publishing company" to me, but is an interesting idea nonetheless. From New Scientist: Alexander Besher's new sci-fi book...Manga Man...is available to read online for free. It's not just a traditional print novel, but comes with a swathe of pictures, video and audio. More unusually ...Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
While nearly every digital printer is looking to photo books for revenue, it's not an easy business to be in. RPI, located near Seattle's SeaTac airport, has perfected the process and will make more than $28 million this year selling 1.3 million photo books and more than 1 million units ...Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Industry report after industry report tells us that printers of all sizes want to become photo book printers. Frank Romano and his students at RIT authored a report commissioned by Canon, The Insight Report: Digital Printing Directions (PDF Link), which indicated photo book printing is a key application for digital ...Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Adobe has made Inside the Publishing Revolution - The Adobe Story available as a free e-book in the Digital Editions Sample Library. From the description: Tech journalist Pamela Pfiffner explores the rich history behind the modern publishing revolution, as seen through the lens of one of its most important players. In the ...Friday, February 15th, 2008
Newsweek online this week has an amusing item about “Ultimate Blogs: Masterworks From the Wild Web,” a new book edited by Sarah Boxer, the first and now former web critic for the New York Times. Newsweek writer Brian Braiker asks, “‘W,’ you might ask, ‘TF’? To what end this dead-tree blogroll? ...
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