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Blackstrap’s business model takes the digital publishing revolution backwards—but in a good way

Dan Eldridge — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:11:09 +0000

We’ve watched with interest as a few new digital publishing-related startups have launched seemingly out of the blue over the past few weeks. Thin Reads, a fantastic new website that runs reviews of e-singles, is definitely one of our favorites, and we’re clearly not alone; the site has been enjoying a ton of mostly glowing [...]

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Ownshelf Helps Readers Share Their Digital Libraries With Friends

Aggregated Content — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:45:42 +0000

Rick Marazzani believes readers should be able to share and discover e-books through their friends’ personal libraries just like they do with print books. That’s why he built Ownshelf. Ownshelf, a free web service that launched in beta Friday, provides readers with a cloud storage platform to share e-books with friends and family. Think of [...]

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With HTML5, publishers don’t need native apps, says Financial Times

Dan Eldridge — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:10:38 +0000

Assuming you’re interested in the confluence of HTML5 and the monetization of digital publishing, you’ll definitely want to check out this recent Mashable article, which covers a panel that took place at the Mashable Media Summit last Friday, November 30. Thinking Outside the App, as the panel was titled, appears to have essentially dealt with just one [...]

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Why all the B&N bashing?

Dan Eldridge — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:09 +0000

Poor Barnes & Noble has been taking a real beating in the e-reader blog space lately, so I thought I’d share a link to a recent Mashable story that actually offers a bit of positive B&N and Nook news. The lede graph of reporter Lauren Indvik’s piece tells the rather unfortunate financial B&N story we’ve [...]

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Mashable to explore publishing trends at $2,199 Mashable Connect conference

Chris Meadows — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:15:00 +0000

On Mashable, Lance Ulanoff posts about the trend toward self-publishing through Amazon and other e-book shops. Amazon, he writes, has a huge potential audience, and both known and unknown writers are finding audiences for their books there. And Apple just unveiled iBooks Author, which makes creating e-books easier than ever. Of course, there are concerns [...]

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Newspapers need to innovate

Chris Meadows — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Doonesbury the other day had an amusing take on the print-vs-digital conundrum that is currently affecting newspapers. But in a way it’s not so much a laughing matter. Mashable has a fairly long report looking at the problems newspapers are having now. A rebound in advertising purchases that increased spending on the Internet, TV, and [...]

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