O'Reilly is closing their online digital bookstore and it is no longer possible to purchase e-books. They are going to be selling all of their new content and distributing it via Amazon and and other retailers. O'Reilly will continue to offer 400,000 e-books on their site, but you now have to purchase a monthly subscription for $39 per month or $399 for the entire year to read … [Read more...] about O’Reilly is closing their digital bookstore
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Crowdfunding to Expand Transmedia Story Stream “Gamifying” Platform
At last week's Digital Book World Conference, noted industry gurus Tim O'Reilly and Dominique Raccah both expanded on the idea that the digital publishing revolution is just beginning. Both CEOs stated quite passionately that the industry is only at the very launch of what an ebook will become.One concept in ebooks that has only scratched the surface of what the available … [Read more...] about Crowdfunding to Expand Transmedia Story Stream “Gamifying” Platform
DBW Buzzwords, Interview with Tim O’Reilly
Another great DBW digital publishing conference is behind us, and once again the future looks good for books. Digital books, print books, subscribed books, enhanced books...the industry, the authors, and the consumers are on fire for them, regardless of the format they choose to work in.The buzzwords this year were direct-to-consumer book sales, ebook subscriptions, and … [Read more...] about DBW Buzzwords, Interview with Tim O’Reilly
The Digital Revolution Is Just Beginning
Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media, presented a "solo conversation" this morning at the Digital Book World conference, and in this conversation with attendees told us that everything we know about digital publishing is only the very beginning of what ebooks will look like, even in the very near future. Comparing books to the Google self-driving car in terms of taking itself … [Read more...] about The Digital Revolution Is Just Beginning