As the market share for digital reading grows, and
more devices like the iPad and
the just-announced
stylus-based e-reader from Samsung (
SSNLF)
become available, the book as we know it -- text and images bound between covers
-- is obviously going to adapt.
Some publishers already have plans to move far beyond that concept to take
advantage of the big market -- and potential big money -- for entertainment only
tangentially related to the act of reading. But if publishers loosen the strings
on what a book can be, will that unmoor the companies -- or boost their
relevance and the probability of their survival?
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FarmVille, ChatRoulette, Video Games: Publishers Look Beyond the
Book for New Revenue - DailyFinance
I-pads, Nooks, Sony e-readers and that like are all fun, but there is still nothing like the smell of a new book, opening the pages, seeing the cover, reading the jacket, all adds to the whole
experience of a new book.
Much like a box of new crayons when you open them.
(Dawn Cronk 5:09pm April 14, 2010)
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