Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. Books don’t end with the printed page, they are conversation starters, and this is what can be done very well on-line. For the first time book readers want not just to read, but to engage others with their reading. Combine the two, publishing and social interaction, and this will bring in the golden age of publishing.
TOC Report: Publishing is dead: long live publishing!
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A sad tale of Amazon monetization: eReaderIQ and the affiliate program
Courtesy of the Kboards, a worrying item about struggling e-book sites and their ability to monetize engagement with Amazon - or not - has...
I seriously doubt whether this is the first time readers have wanted to engage with other readers… in the prehistoric days before computers & mobile phones, they did it over a cup of coffee (or glass of wine) in front of the fire in someone’s front sitting room.