For too long,
the digital content side of the business has been a slave to the device side.
If
the digital content side is to thrive then B&N will have to encourage readers to buy Nook content everywhere and anywhere they can connect to the web regardless of device and to do so more easily than they currently can (which probably means rethinking the company's current DRM strategy).
What strikes me is how vulnerable to disruption
the digital content side of Amazon looks.
Not exact matches
Canada was able to win exemptions on
digital content in the renegotiated TPP, but the government has faced heavy criticism from Canadian auto workers and manufacturers for signing
side deals with Japan, Australia and Malaysia on automobiles.
Game developer Tyler Hurd, who created a reactive VR music video experience around Future Islands» synthpop ditty «Old Friend» for the HTC Vive, is one of a new wave of
digital artists who are being tapped to expand the
content side of the VR market.
Here is how: Software gathers a Web page's
content from the computer's operating system, converts the words and images into a
digital version of Braille and then represents that via a touchable row of finger - sized rectangular cells lined up
side by
side like dominoes.
Apple announced Monday it is buying
digital magazine subscription service Texture, adding to the
side of its business aimed at making money from online
content or services.
Libboo «s Jason Freeman, Minister of Strategic Growth, was on hand a
Digital Book World to talk about the importance of a site that speaks to both
sides of the book in terms of giving authors an option to aid in helping new readers find their titles, as well as giving readers a place to find
content that has been vetted by their own social media contacts.
How do they compare
side by
side reading the same
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Apple's primary business is selling devices for a healthy profit, and they back that up with a
side business of selling
digital content for those devices.
Lynch said that while Amazon sells those items, Barnes & Noble is focused on selling
digital reading
content, while letting others handle the music, TV show and film
side of things — such as Netflix, Hulu and Pandora which all come pre-installed on the Nook Tablet.
While Redmayne is such a logical choice for the position, given his history as the chief
digital officer for HarperCollins UK and after his stunning track record with building the Pottermore company into what it is at present, the appointment clearly points to the publisher's desire to have someone at the helm who has a firm grasp of the
digital side of the industry and who knows how to grow a brand based around
digital content.
The endowment that Rothman has envisioned would not only create a
side - by -
side entity like the DPLA that actually served the
digital content needs of the typical reader, but also still helped libraries keep their doors open as vital parts of their communities.
In fallout from Amazon's Orwell Problem, the company slows down its process for reviewing new
content on the
Digital Text Platform, and MobileReference tells its
side of the story about the offending copy of 1984.
My commercial success is on the industry
side, as an editorial director, publisher, and
digital content strategist at traditional publications — someone who acquires material and edits writers for publication across a variety of channels.
Apple is buying
digital magazine subscription service Texture which will add to the
side of its business aimed at making money from online
content or services.
But just as the DDA model has challenged libraries, publishers, and vendors to rethink traditional methods of buying and selling, asking all
sides to place their trust in the user's ability to drive purchasing, so, too, has the idea that books in
digital format being grouped together and sold as a package required all involved to further rethink how to amass
content as efficiently and logically as possible.
· Paul Aiken, Executive Director of the Authors Guild, will speak out for his constituents in the sale versus licensing
digital content controversy, sharing the stage with the other
side, John Ossenmacher of ReDigi, moderated by former Tools of Change icon, Joe Wikert
Like Amazon's Kindle the concept behind the Nook platform is hardware used to sell
digital content, with Nooks ranging from a basic e-ink model ($ 99) to a 9 - inch tablet coming in at $ 269, but none of those are available on this
side of the pond where we're stuck with iOS and Android apps to read Nook books.
«So we have to continue to work on bringing more
content from big titles people are looking for in terms of franchises, to very small, snack - sized, intuitive casual games on the
digital distribution
side.»
This time around, it's a
digital comic — a change the company says it meant to showcase the creative
side of its community, given its expansions in to vlogging and creative
content over the past couple of years.