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    Electronic books may transform publishing industry
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    E-books — whether read on an iPhone, a Kindle or a laptop — were a hot topic at last week’s Frankfurt Book Fair. "Books are just devices. Wikipedia is the new Britannica" said Ronald Schild, managing director of Germany-based MVB- Marketing und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH. Full Article at PopMatters
    Books are just devices. Wikipedia is the new Britannica
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Electronic books may transform publishing industry
  1. Digital content is superior in many ways ... Reading today is solitary process, but there are many other ways of reading. (In the future) it may become more of a conversation.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  2. One of the problems we have is that we’re pretending that digital is another version of print ... In 10 years, there will be very little printing in scientific publishing.
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  3. Apple has been huge for us
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  4. There’s a slight concern for our industry in this ... There’s going to be quite an issue for us if a lot of people choose to go to the rental model.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  5. trading is in line with management expectations although this is still dependent on the level of demand between now and the end of the year.
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  6. E-books offer us impulse buying on a much great scale. But prices are going to come down.
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  7. It’s very arrogant of publishers to think that they are going to control prices ... All the indications are that consumers are going to expect prices to go down.
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  8. Part of it is just the sheer numbers (of iPhones) ... I think it’s going to continue to be a bigger opportunity than standalone book devices.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago
  9. These are enormous marketplaces and they never close.
    SOURCE: PopMatters 1 month ago

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