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Ebooks are growing in popularity. Some suggest we are at a turning point because “new modes of communication are starting to transform the legacy media such as books in ways that we are still in the process of finding out”. Kindle has recently announced a larger reader for textbooks and newspapers. With the textbook market exceeding $5 billion, this move makes sense…but it’s not going to be an automatic success. Long term change requires systemic reorganization. Digitizing books is the start of the change, not the end point.

2 Comments

  1. Tom Whyte wrote:

    Yes it is a beginning, but for those of us in Canada it would be nice for it to arrive here…

    The new Kindle DX looks very promising, but the Great White North must look south to catch a glimpse…

    Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:51 am | Permalink
  2. John Soares wrote:

    I personally prefer to read books the old fashioned way — on printed paper.

    However, I recently released my first ebook. It was a heck of a lot easier than using the traditional publisher route I’ve done in the past.

    Friday, May 8, 2009 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

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