BTB #261: Digital Book World On the Move

Nov 20, 2011 | Digital Transformation, News

On January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs held up an iPad for the first time, and a global audience held its collective breath. One segment of that audience were publishing professionals gathered in a New York City hotel. The timing couldn’t have been better: something called a...

PW’s Week Ahead 11.18.11

Nov 18, 2011 | News

With Thanksgiving – and Black Friday – approaching fast, PW’s Andrew Albanese attended the Association for Corporate Growth’s second annual retail conference this week. As he reports in Monday’s Retail Nation Column, “Flat is the new up.” Albanese also tells...

PW’s Week Ahead 11.11.11

Nov 11, 2011 | News

This week, Kobo learns to say, “konnichiwa,” and Nook moves into the tablet market. Within weeks of rolling out its new tablet, Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten has acquired Kobo for a hefty $315 million, Andrew Albanese reports. Rakuten is an international...

BTB #259: B&N’s Riggio Keynotes PubWest 2011

Nov 8, 2011 | Events, News

Just ahead of an announcement from Barnes & Noble for a tablet-version of its Nook e-book reader, company chairman Len Riggio declared in a keynote address for the 2011 PubWest Conference, “We are committed as ever to the future of our bookstores, and to...

PW’s Week Ahead 11.04.11

Nov 4, 2011 | News

On Thursday, Amazon jumped into the digital book lending business, announcing the launch of Kindle Owners Lending Library for Amazon Prime members. PW’s Features Editor Andrew Albanese runs through what’s to like, and what’s not to like, for...

PW’s Week Ahead 10.28.11

Oct 28, 2011 | News

With a new e-reading device arriving this week on the market, every book you read could have its own network. PW Features Editor Andrew Albanese tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally what he heard when Kobo’s Matt Welch and Jason Gamblen stopped by the PW offices to show...

PW’s Week Ahead: 10.21.11

Oct 21, 2011 | News

Competition heats up in the e-reader/tablet market as Kobo introduces the determinedly “open” Vox reader, built on the Android 2.3 operating system. “[Kobo] has now made openness part of the deal,” PW’s Features Editor Andrew Albanese...

PW’s Week Ahead: 10.14.11

Oct 14, 2011 | News

Reporting direct from the show floor at Frankfurt Book Fair, Andrew Albanese brings word on the books and the deals that have the halls abuzz at the world’s biggest book and media fair. From the opposite side of “the pond,” at PW’s offices in New York City, reviews...

PW’s Week Ahead: 10.07.11

Oct 7, 2011 | News

The eulogies poured in this week for Steve Jobs, whose vision of the computer as a media tool forever changed the way we look at creativity. Andrew Albanese, Features Editor at Publishers Weekly, considers the Apple co-founder’s legacy as well as looks to other media...

PW’s Week Ahead: 09.30.11

Sep 30, 2011 | News

Amazon Kindle catches Fire, and a publishing business obsessed by gadgets huddles around eReaders 2011 in San Francisco. For our special Friday feature in CCC’s podcast series, Andrew Albanese, PW’s Features Editor, reviews the latest publishing industry news with...