When I was a kid, I was a sucker for toys that came in really big boxes. It didn’t matter if it was Lego or a board game—if it came in a big box, I imagined the contents to be better, more engaging, more overwhelmingly fun. This belie ...
Every now and then I find myself having nice fuzzy (OK, delusional) thoughts about how, no matter how much I read about e-books and the digital revolution, nothing’s really changed ...
When I’m browsing the fiction in a bookstore, I’m like the choosy female bird in a nature documentary. I’m fickle. Picky. Suspicious. I actively try to find fault in a novel’s efforts to seduce me into buying it, no matter how s ...
We've covered the emergence of e-readers in the book market from a couple of different angles, but this one is news to us. According to CNET News, a recent study shows that e-readers like the Kindle have a less negative impact on the envi ...
This past week e-readers like Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook dropped below $200, a first for the increasingly-popular devices. The Kindle now retails for $189, while the Nook ...
As publishers settle into a level of comfort with authors, distributors and retailers, a few trends can be identified that are worth bringing into the open. ...
