There's so much news coming out every day about e-books and digital publishing, I'd almost have to post hourly to stay current. (Well, isn't that what Twitter's for? Oh, yeah . . . )
Nevertheless, here are some of the more interesting news items on the subject that I've run across.
The Christian Science Monitor wonders whether the e-reader and e-books will change how we read.
Soapdish speculates that Stephen Covey's decision to bypass his traditional publisher, Simon and Schuster, in order to e-publish through Rosetta Books, "may turn out to be one of those moments in the history of book publishing when everything changed and wild forces were released into the creative environment."
Digital books are also available as iPhone apps, which are becoming so big, they could be the foundation for a new wave of tech giants.
While some think digital e-readers won't help the newspaper or magazine industry, it's a different story when it comes to books. Now one university press has formed an alliance that will let it sell e-books directly from its Web site (cutting out the retailer, not to mention the distributor). However, the press hasn't abandoned print publishing, believing that "e-books and p-books will co-exist rather than replace each other."
Personally, I think there will always be a market for print books, even if it's small. But it's important to keep an eye on this e-publishing thing, because it's not going away.
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