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What to watch for in 2013

January 2, 2013 by Jess 33 Comments

Although “digital change in publishing” has a year that lags the calendar year and this year won’t “end” until we have a read on how post-Christmas ebook sales were affected by the new devices consumers got for Christmas, the dropping of the ball in Times Square is the signal most of us respond to when […]

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“Platforms” are not exclusively the purview of Kindle, NOOK, and other retailers

October 17, 2012 by Jess 11 Comments

I am recently awakened to the importance of “platforms” in our dynamic digital publishing world. Some could say I’m slow on this one (and they’d be right). Perhaps it is the “to the man with a hammer everything looks like a nail” syndrome in action, but my belated awareness reminds me once again that the […]

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