Digital

Digitization is changing every aspect of the book publishing business, providing new opportunities for publishers and authors to create, market and sell their print and digital content.

Snapplify: Custom Publishing Apps Out of Africa

Snapplify produces traditional book apps...

South Africa is making itself known as a home for digital startups. Among the hottest is Snapplify, a digital publishing solutions provider with a growing global profile.

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Exploring Accessible Publishing for the Print Disabled

Bookshare Web Site

Less than 5% of all published books are available in an accessible format. Several organizations, notably Bookshare, are working to change that woeful statistic.

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Why Social Commerce Could Be the Next Step for Publishers

Randy Petway

Publishers who want to sell direct-to-consumer need to make payment processes as frictionless as possible. New social media purchasing tools may be the answer.

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A Global Digital Marketplace for Prestige Indie Print

Deborah Causton's anikibo.com

Print remains prestigious in the boutique realms of independent magazines, zines and comics. Berlin’s Anikibo promises to offer the best indie magazine selection — online.

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Books as APIs: What are They and Why Should Publishers Care?

Example of Amazon's API, displayed on Github (click the image for more info)

Many have suggested APIs are the future of publishing. But little is understood about what an API is and how how it applies to publishing. We explain and offer examples.

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Nudging UK Book Discovery Toward the Mainstream

The Nudge List

By focusing on movie tie-ins and visual curation, UK app developers of The Nudge List hope to attract book buyers not accustomed to using traditional book sites.

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Ingram’s MyiLibrary Tackles Thorny Ebook Lending Scenarios

Ingram's MyILibrary

Ingram MyiLibrary is offering a new credits-based ‘Access Purchase Model’ for ebook lending that it promises will be equitable to both publishers and clients alike.

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Digital Textbooks: Publishers and the Unrealized Promise

Michael Boezi

Legacy publishers will say they can’t produce high quality digital textbooks affordably, but that’s not the issue. They don’t want to, says competitor Flat World Knowledge.

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Tips For Publishing Technologists #1-10: The Zen of Technology

mac keyboard computer

Links and a quick recap of the first 10 Tips for Technologists provides further context as to how the lessons relate to different positions within the publishing industry.

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Killing the “Pay First, Read Later” E-bookselling Model

Yoav Lorch

The download first, pay-as-you-read ebook sales model from Total Boox in Israel promises a superior consumer experience by minimizing the uncertainty of book buying.

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