Secondhand Downloads: Are Used eBook Sales Coming? (Ink, Bits & Pixels)
I know that’s not the fiery response some might expect, but after watching the ebook market for the past 5 years I’ve come to believe that there’s little or no market pressure for the resale of digital content.
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Why Publishers Are Obligated to Make Content Available Globally (Digital Book World)
And while worldwide distribution is an often misunderstood yet market-changing feature of today’s bookselling world, doing it well is actually far more important than it sometimes needs.
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In Defense of Self-Publishing (Media Shift)
There are so many op-eds these days on when or if to self-publish, and even more so, features (albeit they’re dwindling) on how inferior self-published works are — just by the very fact they are self-published.
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What Schools Should Use Instead of Standardized Tests (Teachers with Apps)
Education Week recently reported that some Republican Senate aides are doing more than dreaming — they’re drafting a bill that would eliminate the federal mandate on standardized testing.
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Kindle Daily Deals: Flora: A Novel (and others)
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