Todays links of interest:
- What is the Problem with International Ebooks?
Joanna Penn throws several ideas into the mix: prices, rights, and the US-centric ebook marketplace. - Will The Lost Symbol Kill Book Publishing?
No. - Off the Shelf, Onto the Laptop – Libraries Try Digital Books
Oh yeah, libraries are queuing up to be the next big issue in ebook world. Stay tuned…this one is going to especially bumpy. - Amazon Adds Same-Day Delivery; Removes Kindle Data API
There are many interesting battles being fought (not all of them book-related). Same day delivery is one way Amazon hits back at Wal-Mart. And the removal of the Kindle API — a way to access and slice up Kindle information — is interesting. And sad. (Publishers Lunch, may be behind pay wall) - Book publishers fear advance of digital ‘glacier’
Except for the ones who embrace change (you know who you are). FYI: technically, I am a noted Pasadena blogger, though I sometimes go to New York. - E-books gain a foothold at Frankfurt Book Fair
Um, perhaps describing this as smell of books oriented is inappropriate, given the final paragraph… - Frankfurt 2009 Roundup: The Distress Over Digital and the Books That Got People Talking
In the PW Frankfurt final round-up, Rachel Deahl gets the TOC Frankfurt story right. Much appreciated.
