| FirstyWork Latest |
We had a tremendous time at the London Book Fair last week. Thanks to all who came to say hello and a warm welcome to all our new clients who have since joined us. We’re looking forward to starting your eBook conversions and sales and in the meantime we hope you find this email of interest, a copy of which will be finding it’s way to your inbox once a month.
The world of apps, eReader devices and content continues to drive our market, moving from novelty to increasingly vital revenue streams for publishers and authors. FirstyWork has seen statistics via a pre eminent source that suggest around 1.43 million eReader devices were shipped Jan-March globally this year, whilst quarter 2 is on track with 2.2 million. The likely outcome for this year is expected to be in excess of 11 million devices sold. The main instigators of this steep increase appear to be the established device brands who continually improve their products. The Barnes and Noble eReader the "Nook" took 53% of the total US devices sold in March. Its a new device which would explain it’s impressive market share, however it demonstrates that there is still plenty of room for new players.
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| Max Hastings and his eReader |
| Millions of people spent days kicking their heels in airports and hotels, thanks to the great flight shutdown. I had emails from several friends marooned and bored in unlikely places. I felt sorry for them, because they were not carrying Kindles... Read more » |
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| e-books as possible answer to printing problems |
| A Publishing Perspectives article about a Nigerian publisher hints at the promise that e-books might eventually have in Africa... Read more » |
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| Waterstones - sales decline slows |
| Waterstone’s managing director Dominic Myers has described its fourth quarter performance as "encouraging"... Read more » |
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| Shatskin Blog - What I would have said in London |
| Over the next 20 years, the power to put books on store shelves - or, for non-trade publishers: the power to put "books" into people’s hands by other means - will lose its leverage....Read more » |
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| eBooks and the downfall of literature |
| OK, I know you aren’t convinced that ebooks and print on demand (POD) will be the downfall of literature, and perhaps there is no convincing you or perhaps I’m wrong.... Read more » |
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| Stanza - app review |
| I’ve already looked at the other two of the original "big three" iPhone e-book apps. The third of these apps is Stanza, the EPUB reader from Lexcycle... Read more » |
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| Digital Talent emergency |
| One so far mostly unsung impact of digital growth in publishing, and the advent of the iPad, is the need for publishers to hire lots of digital"savvy employees to create and manage the new kinds of content the market suddenly demands... Read more » |
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| FirstyWork at the NY Book Expo |
The next big get together is BookExpo America in New York. Indications are that exhibitors and attendees will be ramping up their presence based on the difficulties many had in getting to the London Book Fair. No doubt Frankfurt will also prove to be an even bigger draw for more European orientated organisations for the same reasons.
We have a stand at The Book Expo which is being held on Wednesday 26th May and Thursday 27th May in New York, so please pop along for a chat. We can be found on stand 2128 in the Digital Zone.
Our FirstyWork and FirstyFish staff enjoy getting together with publishers and authors at events, shows and expos. If you would like to meet us to discuss your digital publishing requirements then please just give us a call or send an email. |
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| FirstyFish.com - Our eBookstore |
FirstyFish is aiming to be the largest independent eBook store on the internet with thousands of eBooks ready for people to download. We sell "ePub" formatted eBooks only.
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