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A Troubling Sign for Tablet Magazines?

May 29, 2013

Despite all the hype about iPads and Kindles, U.S. magazine publishers are making far more money on the Web and generally wondering when their tablet...

MIT Unveils 4D Printing

February 28, 2013

Skylar Tibbits, a trained architect, designer, computer scientist, as well as a TED2012 Senior Fellow, recently presented a new concept at TED2013: 4-D printing—where materials...

Kodak’s 'No Show' at Trade Shows

Noel Ward February 4, 2013

Shows are expensive, requiring big checks up front. Kodak says it sees a better return from bringing more prospects to its demo center in Rochester,...

Why Printed Books Will Never Die

January 16, 2013

eBooks are slowly subsuming the printed format as the preferred vehicle on which people read books. But perhaps there is reason to hope that eBooks...

State Offers no Money for Textbooks

January 14, 2013

Nonexistent state funding for new textbook purchases is driving the search for alternative sources of information, mainly via the Internet, electronic databases and licensing of...

How Many Ipex Exhibitors Does It Take to Fill ExCel Hall?

Noel Ward January 10, 2013

For the past year or so, the Ipex email machine has been spewing out regular updates, telling me how spectacularly wonderful the show is going...

Guy Kawasaki Goes APE Over Self-Publishing

January 7, 2013

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Guy Kawasaki who has written 12 books, 10 of which were traditionally published. His newest book, “APE: Author,...

Saturday Evening Post Looking for Dramatic Turnaround

January 2, 2013

The Saturday Evening Post , famous for its Norman Rockwell covers and at one point 6 million subscribers, is attempting a turnaround—a redesign and move...

Ten Bold Predictions for eBooks and Digital Publishing in 2013

December 21, 2012

Another exciting year for the publishing industry is in the books, so to speak. The eBook and digital publishing landscape changed drastically yet again. Seeing...

Wal-Mart Turns to Condé Nast for Beauty Magazine

December 21, 2012

Buried within Wal-Mart’s website, beneath the red sales banners and loud holiday graphics, is a magazine called BeautyScoop . Thousands of stores also carry it,...

 
 
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