We are used to getting our daily dose of television from broadcast networks, music from radio or Spotify, and books from a bookstore. Since media has become digital and is conveniently available on the Internet, content could be made available to us from one source. It is convenient and easy … Read >
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Ebook news digest: publisher follows TV business model, reading apps, startups for nomads
Top destinations for digital nomads 2016
The only way to really experience world’s amazing destinations is to go those places by yourself. Digital nomads are people who work while they travel across the world. The new lifestyle has inspired many new businesses and services that aim at assisting mobile workers on their journey.
To save you … Read >
Ebook news digest: two types of digital nomads, low-cost ereader, drone photography for everyone
Ebook news digest August 16, 2016
Mashable: My life as a remote year guinea pig
Stephanie Walden participated in a year-long packaged tour around world. It wasn’t a vacation, but a package for digital nomads who worked the whole time (well, depending on each nomad’s own motivation). They stayed … Read >
Top 10 trends and challenges in book publishing 2016
Relative to the population, the number of new book titles published each year in Scandinavian countries is big. Books and reading are appreciated in the region, where the number of book publishers is relatively big as well. Each country, however, has its own language, reducing the potential market size for … Read >
The best European cities for digital nomads
People who are unfamiliar with realities of the lifestyle of modern workers who live a mobile life, may think that these digital nomads roam the world staying where they like to stay, doing what they like to do. In reality, the modern nomads tend to carefully plan ahead where they … Read >
Book publishers believe ebooks will dominate book sales in 5 years
British book industry newspaper The Bookseller has published the results of its annual Digital Census survey. The survey asks publishers (also outside Great Britain) to assess the major trends that are affecting the business of book publishing. The results for year 2015 indicate that publishers have accepted the fact that … Read >
97% of U.S. educators use some form of digital content in classrooms
Education is the largest market for books, non-fiction is the second largest and fiction is the third largest. Ebook markets, however, started developing from fiction, but behind the scenes, plenty of digital innovation has already taken place in educational institutions. That’s what the survey of educational market by Houghton Mifflin … Read >
Ebooks Are Top 5 Digital Content Type for All Age Groups
Young generations didn’t grow with printed newspapers, magazines or books, but a mobile phone firmly attached to their hands. It is not a big surprise that the Millennial generation consumes media content on their smartphones whereas Baby Boomers rely on desktops, laptops and even traditional media. Somewhat surprising is, however, … Read >
The Third Wave of Media Will Wipe Out Old Media
US-based consultancy Bain & Company has conducted a comprehensive interview of consumers in order to understand the trends in media industry. The conclusion of the report is that the third wave of media will wipe out traditional analog media surprisingly fast.
The three waves of media:
1. Physical media, like … Read >