Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Oxford English Dictionary ‘will not be printed again’
Daily Telegraph says:
The next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the world's most definitive work on the language, will never be printed because of the impact of the internet on book sales.
Read the article here from Book News: Fiction and non-fiction reviews, latest news, releases, features, interviews and authors.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
iFactory: Oxford University Press Chooses PubFactory to Develop Oxford English Dictionary
Market Wire - Computers and Software: Internet says:
BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) iFactory, an award-winning web design and development firm, today announced that Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen iFactory's online publishing platform, PubFactory, to develop the relaunched version of the online Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
Read the article here from Market Wire - Computers and Software: Internet.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Adobe Digital Magazine Solution Coming in Late Summer
Adobe Labs says:
The Digital Magazine Solution from Adobe, coming in late summer 2010 to Adobe Labs, enables media, corporate, and retail catalog publishers to create and monetize immersive content experiences like the WIRED Reader. These digital magazines can be consumed on the Apple iPad, with other platforms and devices expected in the future.
Read the article here from Adobe Labs.
Monday, March 29, 2010
The iPad needs its HyperCard
O'Reilly Radar says:
Dale Dougherty, editor and publisher of MAKE:
When I think about opportunities around the iPad, I recall the CD-ROM market of the late 1980s. CD-ROM followed packaged software but created a number of innovative "content" packages, creating new categories such as "edutainment" with products like Reader Rabbit.
Read the article here from O'Reilly Radar.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
E-Book Giveaways Correlate to Higher Print Sales
Epicenter says:
Giving away an e-book seems to lead to at least a spike in sales of the print version, Researchers at Brigham Young University have found, especially for fiction.
Read the article here from Epicenter.
