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Category: Digital Publishing

  • Analysis: why ebook sales fell in 2015, and students prefer printed books

    Analysis: why ebook sales fell in 2015, and students prefer printed books

    This week has seen two bits of news that superficially paint a dark picture for digital publishing: Student’s “overwhelmingly prefer printed books” to ebooks Ebook sales are down since 2014 And much like with medical news that’s reported, I can’t help but dig into the data behind the headlines and connect the dots. First, let’s look at…

  • 2 Myths about enhanced ebooks that need to die

    Every time I read about enhanced ebooks, one of these two phrases creep up somewhere, and not only are they wrong, but they hold the product type back. 1. “Enhanced ebooks must offer a consistent experience across all devices” If there is one thing that having an android phone and apple tablet have shown me,…

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