INDEX // mb Ideas on Publishing Books in Canada (and other attempts to write good)

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Staying on Top of the Rate of Change?

It is different for books — the updated edition. Last week I chatted with a friend that used to be in the music business and now works in book retail. I figured he would have a unique take on the music/publishing comparison in terms of the digital transition. Indeed he did. He said two things [...]

Wasn’t Expecting to See This

Nice to see Coles Notes have been refreshed. Now an online presence for the content would be nice.

‘Spotify for Books’ Instead Of ‘iTunes For Books’ Might Be The Hot New Meme

The web is buzzing with praise for the Spotify music player. It is cloud-based streaming service. It has a great UI. It was developed by an enterprising start-up company AND the legacy music labels invested in it. You heard me. It is legal.

This could be an app, a model, and an interface worth adopting for [...]

Battle of the Apps Becomes Battle of the APIs

Amazon bought the SnapTell iPhone app as defensive move against Google and other retailers. Barnes and Noble launched a similar app of its own a few weeks later. Now in another apparent preemptive strike Amazon is mandating (more or less) that if you use its API, you must link exclusively to their site. Google. BN. [...]

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