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3 Biggest Obstacles with Digital Publishing In this day and age, technology is taking over, which can have its positive and negative consequences on digital publishing. Today, more than 26% of consumers prefer the tablet or Smartphone versions of articles than their printed editions and from August 2012 to February 2013, there was a 200-percentRead more

Aligning Digital Publishing With Education   Digital publishing has made its mark and is here to stay for sure. More and more people, groups and organizations are leveraging the digital publishing media not only to communicate; but also to express, reach, engage, promote and market. This greatly speaks of the power of this medium andRead more

Self-publishing gets its first degree!   In January, the University of Central Lancashire had announced the launch of what it described as the world’s first degree in self-publishing. The course would consist of a mix of lectures, seminars and workshops, featuring expert industry speakers, with modules to include production, marketing and the creation of eBooks.Read more

Audio books to lead the way?   In the traditional publishing era, there was a wait for the final book to be printed and be ready for reading; but with the advent of digital technologies which gave birth to eBooks, it made life simpler for authors, publishers and readers. Many authors decide to publish theirRead more

The Government – Publisher – Retailer saga of the eBook industry!   Following an 18-month investigation into the Canadian eBook industry, the competition bureau signed a consent agreement with the major publishing companies in Canada viz: Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Canada Ltd., Macmillan Inc. and Simon & Schuster, which produce many of the country’s bestsellingRead more

What could be next for digital publishing?   Digital publishing, from the outset has been evolving with the advancements in technology. From the first digital copy made of the ‘Declaration of Independence’ way back in 1971 till the current scenario, where eBooks seems to be ruling the roost based on some latest stats by DBWRead more

4 Key Challenges for Digital Publishing Companies Developments in technology mean new methods and varied preferences on how content is represented and delivered and with what degree of immediacy, how it is accessed, how interactive it is and how much it costs. Moreover, the different sets of standards used across platforms and devices need the contentRead more