Whoa! What a hair-trigger temperament we have. The Amazon/Walmart price war shows how scared the book industry is these days. It is laughable that the discounting of a few books at a few online stores prompted so much hand wringing. Really. Calm down people. Forget the e-reader media frenzy. Stop wigging out about file sharing, [...]
The team over at Shortcovers are riding a wave of great publicity. As the hockey-stick moment for ebooks arrives, Shortcovers is getting mentions alongside the Kindle and the iPhone. They are also getting some love from industry insiders. There were some shout outs at the TOC conference last week in NYC. And a post dedicated [...]
Indigo Books’ digital ebook/ereading initiative — Shortcovers — is being launched at CES2009. It is yet another app-based reading environment for the iPhone/smartphone, with a browser environment thrown in for fun. From the Shortcovers blog… Shortcovers is a new digital destination for people to discover and experience their next great read. Both an online and [...]
Chapters/Indigo is hiring (or has hired) a merchandiser in their online division. The job is a 6 month contract — but the curious thing about it is the applicant will “provide editorial support and manage content for a service providing written content via web and mobile device”. The only mobile-device service they have is Indigo [...]