Monthly Archives: June 2010

The Market for Tablet Content 2010-2020

Although tablets are used for applications such as web surfing and gaming, the development of the tablet market over the next decade will be closely connected to the growth and development of the tablet content market. This content market can … Continue reading

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Barnes and Noble Building a Billion-Dollar Business With Nook

"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations." Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher, 1817-1862) Barnes and Noble Building a Billion-Dollar Business With Nook by Melinda Gipson http://www.digidaydaily.com/stories/barnes-and-noble-building-a-billion-dollar-business-with-nook/ With the … Continue reading

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Economist Reports Success of Mobile Phone Mag Sales

"Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time." Arnold H. Glasgow Economist Reports Success of Mobile Phone Mag Sales By Dominic Ponsford http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=45633http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=45633 The Economist has claimed success with a new mobile-phone-based magazine sales ploy … Continue reading

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Sports Illustrated Introduces iPad App

"Never let the fear of striking out get in your way." Babe Ruth Sports Illustrated Introduces iPad App By JOSEPH PLAMBECK http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/sports-illustrated-introduces-ipad-app/ Add Sports Illustrated to the magazine app race. The Time Inc. title is now available as an application … Continue reading

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HP’s MagCloud Helps Anyone Publish a Magazine

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will." George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950) HP’s … Continue reading

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Price Cuts Electrify E-Reader Market

"All things being equal, the one offering the lowest price will drive out the others." Ellen Daley Price Cuts Electrify E-Reader Market By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER [http://online.wsj.com/search/term.html?KEYWORDS=GEOFFREY+A.+FOWLER&bylinesearch=true] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704895204575320662842012510.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTWhatsNews Two of the leading makers of electronic-book readers, threatened by the success … Continue reading

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The Market for Magazine Content on Tablets 2010-2020

The development of e-paper e-readers, such as the Amazon Kindle or the Sony PRS700, has given book publishers a successful digital reading platform on which to base a new digital content market. This new generation of tablet devices, featuring large … Continue reading

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As Magazines Close, Interior Designers Look Outward

“In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation … Continue reading

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BoSacks Speaks Out: Follow The Money To New Platforms

BoSacks Speaks Out: On Wall street there is a philosophy that I call TNT, "Trending into Truth". It is a tool to look at any situation and try to analyze future events or potential pricing changes by following the trends. … Continue reading

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Study: Consumers Creeped Out by Some Big, Targeted Ads

"When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science." Dr. Carl Sagan (American Astronomer, Writer … Continue reading

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