The Australian government focus group Book Industry Strategy Group issued a report yesterday that included twenty-one different steps that it recommended in order to revive a flailing book industry. According to an article by Suzanne Tindal for ZDNet, the current state of Australia’s book market is in all but chaos, given that the Australian book market has lost $280 million so … [Read more...] about International Markets Must Adopt Ebooks in Order to Survive
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3M Reveals Its Plans for a Library-Specific Device
There’s been a lot of talk this week about 3M’s as-of-yet unveiled e-ink e-reader device, one that is intended for a highly specific market. Today, 3M’s Digital Business Development Leader Tom Mercer spoke to GoodEReader.com about 3M’s plans for their device, for the Discovery Terminal, and their cloud-based ebook lending system. Mercer was very adamant that the device that … [Read more...] about 3M Reveals Its Plans for a Library-Specific Device