The last few months have witnessed a bloodbath in tech stocks coupled with a frantic re-definition of the web and of every player in it (as far as content is concerned). This effort is three pronged: Some companies are gambling on content distribution and the possession of the attendant digital infrastructure. MightyWords, for example, stealthily transformed itself from a "free-for-all-everyone-welcome" e-publisher to a distribution channel of choice works (mainly by midlist authors).
Tags: Business, Financial Services, Merchant Services, Other Payment Systems
Are content brokers - publishers, distributors, and record companies - a thing of the past? In one word: disintermediation. The gradual removal of layers of content brokering and intermediation - mainly in manufacturing marketing - is the continuation of a long term trend. Consider music for instance.
Tags: Business, E-Commerce
A novel re-definition through experimentation of the classical format of the book is emerging. Consider the now defunct BookTailor. It used to sell its book customization software mainly to travel agents - but this technology is likely to conquer other niches (such as the legal and medical professions).
Tags: Business, Publishing and Printing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, On Demand
OverDrive - an e-commerce, software conversion and e-publishing applications leader - has just expanded an e-book technology centre by adding 200 e-book editors. This happened in Montego Bay, Jamaica - one of the less privileged spots on earth. The centre now provides a vertical e-publishing service - from manuscript editing to conversion to Quark (for POD), Adobe, and MS Reader ebook formats.
Tags: Business, Publishing and Printing, Publishing, Electronic
"The free communication of thought and opinion is one of the most precious rights of man; every citizen may therefore speak, write and print freely." (French National Assembly, 1789) I. What is a Book? UNESCO's arbitrary and ungrounded definition of "book" is: ""Non-periodical printed publication of at least 49 pages excluding covers".
Tags: Business, Publishing and Printing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, On Demand
A debate is raging in e-publishing circles: should content be encrypted and protected (the Barnes and Noble or Digital goods model) - or should it be distributed freely and thus serve as a form of viral marketing (Seth Godin's "ideavirus")? Publishers fear that freely distributed and cost-free "cracked" e-books will cannibalize print books to oblivion. The more paranoid point at the music industry. It failed to co-opt the emerging peer-to-peer platforms (Napster) and to offer a viable digital assets management system with an equitable sharing of royalties.
Tags: Business, Publishing and Printing, Publishing, Self-Publishing, On Demand
The success of your online business relies on you making sales, actually selling your product or service to paying customers. The more the better. To get those sales you need to communicate well with your potential customers and make a good sales pitch.
Tags: Business, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Products Evaluation, Clinical Trials
There are literally thousands of ezines being published online these days. Sometimes it is hard to know which ones are best for advertising in, reading, subscribing to and so on.How do we know which ones are good and which ones aren't? Which ones should we advertise in and what type of advertising is best? How do we know we can trust the publisher?Answering these questions is not always easy, but there are signs we can look for in an ezine.
Tags: Business, Marketing and Advertising, Internet Marketing, Resources, Tips
Over the past several years, the Internet has emerged as a breakthrough technology that has and will continue to transform the way we live and communicate, and especially the way we do business. No matter if you are selling a product or a service, the Internet is a means of reaching markets that had otherwise been unreachable in the past. And, it also provides ease of purchasing and selling almost anything online…also known as E-Commerce.
Tags: Business, Financial Services, Merchant Services, Guides and Directories
Created properly, an extremely effective marketing tool. It's a great concept, - and it has a 'cool factor' of 300%. Many people will pop these into their drive just because of image appeal alone.
Tags: Business, Marketing and Advertising, Advertising, Promotional Products, CDs
If you're lucky enough to own an Iphone, you are probably going to want to know how to download music for it. The iPhone is the gadget that everyone wants this year-and who doesn't want to be able to carry around their music collections, their movies, and even their internet connection with them? Not to mention the fact that it's primarily a cell phone.In order to download music to your Iphone, there are a few things that are necessary. [Read more]
The Internet has made many things in life easier, including providing a powerful tool for those looking to find lost family, friends and other loved ones. Previously, conducting a search for missing relatives and friends meant a lot of time, leg work, travel and expense regardless of whether you undertook the hunt yourself or hired an investigator. Now all you need is a computer and an internet connection!Tip #1:Gather together as much information about your lost loved ones as you can. [Read more]
Do you need to make more money? Then you should know that you can get paid for surveys. There are many people that do paid surveys on the internet to help them make more money when they need it.You want to be careful when searching for these sites because some of them are scams but there are a lot of different sites that are legitimate. [Read more]
With Internet Explorer 8 now available, can Microsoft hope to retain market dominance over fierce open source rivals such as Mozilla's Firefox or the feature packed Opera web browser. Can history give us a clue to what the future of web browsers/browsing might hold? How did Netscape Navigator go from having a dominant 89.36% market share of all web browsers in 1996 and yet only 3. [Read more]
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