The Future of the Book
February 8, 2010
Cooped up in a Bookstore, Just to Stop Reading 7
by Shaj Mathew
A new Kaiser Family Foundation study indicates a roughly 25% drop in print newspaper and magazine readership among kids ages 8-18 since 1999. Why? The answer lies in the Internet-saturated, online-only culture in which I have grown up.
January 31, 2010
Amazon eBook Pricing Battle Gets Ugly 11
by C. Max Magee
Readers, especially those who read ebooks, will have to decide whether cheap ebooks are worth the cost of Amazon’s quest for monopoly control.
January 25, 2010
Confessions of a Book Pirate 208
by C. Max Magee
“TRC” is a self-described bibliophile who has “pirated” thousands of books. How and why does he do it, and what does he think the publishing industry should do to curb the looming ebook piracy threat?
January 21, 2010
In Tablet Battle, Amazon and Apple Could Slight Readers 13
by C. Max Magee
The Apple tablet certainly has the potential to further revolutionize how people consume music, TV, and movies on the go, but the implications for the book, newspaper, and magazine industries are potentially much greater.
November 16, 2009
Google’s Future for Books Inches Closer 7
by C. Max Magee
With a finalized settlement, millions of volumes will become plugged into the internet as we know it, available for purchase, and accessible to anyone with an internet connection and a willingness to pay.
October 27, 2009
Tina Brown, Goin’ Rogue, and the Limits of Timeliness 0
by Garth Risk Hallberg
Isn’t the erstwhile “Queen of Buzz” part of the problem of dwindling attention spans, rather than part of the solution?
