How Will We Read: Textbooks?
“Technology has great potential for improving individual and aggregate performance of the educational system” – Vineet Madan Photo courtesy of McGraw-Hill Education. It isn’t my imagination. My children’s backpacks got heavier with the weight of those textbooks over the past few years. And I don’t think the weight of student backpacks are just my concern. I heard a rumor that even tiger...
How Will We Read: Newspapers?
“Nothing replaces a good editor, and I would add, a good visual editor, creating the news for the reader so that it makes enjoyable and interesting reading.” — Francois Dufour There are many more ways to read news material these days, thanks to the Internet. The Internet makes news easy to get, requiring nothing more than the click of a mouse or the touch of your finger. The Internet gives us many more places...
How Will We Read? The Book Makers
“We are at a very early stage in imagining the future of the book.” — David “Skip” Prichard The publisher delivers a single file. With that file, Ingram Content Group will deliver the content globally in a variety of ways, whether as a printed book or as a digital file which will ultimately create books for every digital platform around the world. They have the industry’s largest active...
How Will We Read: On Main Street?
“Independent book stores create interest by selecting a mix of products that the community is interested in seeing.” — Oren Teicher Main Street is off to a promising holiday season, with online and in-store results indicating that sales in independent book stores are well up for 2011 over 2010. Nielsen BookScan for Thanksgiving week showed an increase of 15.5% over the same week in 2010, and in-store websites...
How Will We Read: A Book by You?
“There’s never been a better time for an author to publish a book.” — Kevin Weiss Write, edit, design, publish, market, sell your own book and book rights with highly experienced publishing staff assisting you? The self-publishing opportunity has changed significantly. Book formats and channels of distribution will continue to evolve, but one thing remains constant in book publishing – it’s...
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