The Future of the Book
May 6, 2009
The Kindle Gets Bigger and Bigger 1
by C. Max Magee
The book tech beat is busy lately, with big developments on both the dedicated device side and the device agnostic side. (For more about the two ebook paths, check out our post on ebook evolution.)
In recent weeks, its been Amazon making all the noise. Today the company unveiled a new Kindle, the larger [...]
April 24, 2009
The Future of Book Coverage, Part III: The Kindle Land Grab 12
by C. Max Magee
This week at The Millions, we’re attempting to gather some of our thoughts about the transformation of book coverage in the digital age. On Wednesday, Garth looked at the death of the newspaper book review section. Yesterday, Max considered the revenue problems facing literary websites… and the vices and virtues of one of the solutions. [...]
April 23, 2009
The Future of Book Coverage, Part II: Amazon.com and the Revenue Question 6
by C. Max Magee
This week at The Millions, we’re attempting to gather some of our thoughts about the transformation of book coverage in the digital age. Yesterday, Garth looked at the death of the newspaper book review section. Today, Max considers the revenue problems facing literary websites… and the vices and virtues of one of the solutions. On [...]
April 22, 2009
The Future of Book Coverage, Part I: R.I.P., NYT? 9
by Garth Risk Hallberg
This week at The Millions, we’re attempting to gather some of our thoughts about the ongoing transformation of literary journalism. Today, Garth looks at the death of the newspaper book section. Tomorrow, Max considers revenue options for literary websites, including affiliation with online booksellers. And on Friday, Max will hazard some early guesses about the [...]
April 17, 2009
The Trail of the #AmazonFail 1
by Edan Lepucki
I learned about the Amazon de-ranking debacle on Twitter (follow me @EdanL, y’all). People love to argue that Twitter is a time-wasting site for people to announce what they’re doing: They’re doing their taxes, or they’re drinking the best beer ever, man, or they’re on the toilet. And it’s that, certainly, but [...]
April 9, 2009
Kindle 2 Sends ebook Sales Through the Roof (Around Here) 6
by C. Max Magee
Amazon has been notoriously vague about sales of Kindle ebooks and of the Kindles themselves, but looking at the Amazon stats at The Millions, we can see that Kindle ebook sales have jumped by an order of magnitude since the launch of the new version.
When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the second iteration of the [...]
