publishing industry

Condé Nast's iPad Apps Are Too Portly. Blame Adobe.

Peter Kafka in Media on September 28, 2010 at 12:37 pm PT

The Wired iPad app has a weight problem. And Condé Nast’s newest iPad app, from the New Yorker, isn’t much better. The apps are due for a slim-down–as soon as Adobe figures out how to make that happen.

The Chapter And Verse on E-Bookstores

Geoffrey A. Fowler in Personal Technology on May 26, 2010 at 6:14 pm PT

By Geoffrey Fowler.

While much of the attention has focused on the e-book reading devices, it’s becoming clear that the important decision isn’t just which device you choose, but also which e-bookstore you decide to frequent.

Book Publishers Beware! At iTunes, Expensive Music Equals Slower Sales.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 9, 2010 at 6:56 am PT

Book publishers itching to raise the prices on their e-books should pay attention to the music labels, which raised the prices on their downloads last spring. Consumers, it turns out, like paying less for stuff.

Apple Announces Jan. 27 Special Event: “Come See Our Latest Creation”

John Paczkowski in News on January 18, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

Confirming a date first reported by Digital Daily, Apple this morning announced an invitation-only special event to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on Jan. 27. “Come see our latest creation,” the invitation reads. Hmm. Wonder what that might be?

Major Apple Product Announcement Set for Wednesday, Jan. 27

John Paczkowski in News on January 4, 2010 at 10:13 am PT

So, that rumored Apple event everyone has been jawing about these past few weeks? It’s on and it’s going to be a big deal. Sources in a position to know tell me Apple is indeed planning a media event later this month at which the company will announce a major new product.

Apple Pitching Tablet to Publishing Industry; Spring Launch Expected

John Paczkowski in News on December 9, 2009 at 7:34 am PT

Apple will ramp up production on its long-rumored tablet in February with an eye toward a spring launch. That’s the word from Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner, who says his checks into Apple’s supply chain indicate that “the manufacturing cogs for the [device] are creaking into action.”

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Google Launches Service to Flip Through News Articles

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 15, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Google’s experiments to help the publishing industry adapt the Web continue. In April, the company introduced an interactive news timeline, newstimeline.googlelabs.com, that displays summaries of news articles chronologically and allows users to slice and dice their view by source. Last week, it disclosed its plans to help publishers earn money, saying it was working on improving its payment service to help publishers charge for their content online.