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Are mobile technology and living “green” straining our backs?
mobile computing
February 2, 2011
There used to be a time when blue collar workers carried lunch boxes and white collar workers carried briefcases. In Silicon Valley, it is hard to...
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Cost to build Amazon Kindle Fire: $209.63. Selling price: $199. What?
Kindle Fire
October 1, 2011
An electronic loss leader— Supermarkets in the San Francisco Bay Area love to advertise specials on items that are actually sold below their...
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Twilight in the Gutenberg Galaxy?
e-books
May 23, 2011
Mark Coker, founder of SMASHWORDS, was in San Franisco last week addressing various industry forums. I caught up with him at a meeting of the...
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Amazon socks it to Apple with the new and improved Kindle
Gadgets & Tech
October 24, 2010
Do you remember when the Kindle made its debut? It quickly became Amazon’s most popular product and was a huge revenue generator. As...
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New book sales statistics released for last year
Careers & Workplace
April 11, 2010
The premier industry group for book publishers, The Association of American Publishers (AAP),has just released new book sales statistics for 2009....
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Roll over Gutenberg, hybrid books are here!
Careers & Workplace
November 4, 2009
When publishers talk about hybrids they aren'tthinking Prius. Theyare thinking abouthybrid books or technology-enhanced content.Unfamiliar...
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Tablet, e-reader ownership among Baby Boomers grows
baby boomers
January 23, 2012
Baby Boomers have increasing adopted the technologies of computer tablets and e-readers. Research by the Pew Research Center’s Internet &...
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1 in 6 Americans turn to e-Readers rather than turning pages in a book
book sales
September 19, 2011
If book sales are important to your bottom line in anyway, you may want to take notes. The options keep changing and bookstores are starting to...
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Hammond organs, Gutenberg Bibles, Kindles, and the world of e-readers
amazon kindle
December 22, 2010
In 1439, Johannes Gutenberg created movable type printing using a winepress, oil-based ink and metal type. The Gutenberg Bible was the first "...
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A Boomer's Angst: The future of reading
baby boomers
December 18, 2010
I like that the infusion of so-called e-readers has put a new emphasis on reading in general, on books in particular. I couldn't understand...
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