| FirstyWork Latest |
FirstyWork and FirstyFish are back from BookExpo America. It was nothing short of spectacular! The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) conference, on the Tuesday, was very informative for anyone interested in the details of ePub 2.0, the agency model and other aspects of book selling and ePublishing issues.
For sheer size and flamboyance, the main event could not have been more fantastic. From our popular stand in the digital zone, we could see an ocean of people - exhibitors, authors and publishers. There were queues for everything from book signings to burgers. We met a small but nevertheless sizeable percentage of the attendees and would have liked to have met many more. The shared passion for the written word, in all its forms, was clearly a central theme for everyone and we were happy to join the discussion in these changing times.
If you missed the chance to talk to us in New York and/or would like to speak to us now about your eBook strategy, please get in touch.
On behalf of Darin Brockman (MD), The Firsty Group would like to thank the IDPF and BookExpo America for putting on such a great exhibition. We are already looking forward the extended - day event next year - 2 days is far too short. |
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| Announcements |
On 1 June, we changed our name from BCL NuMedia to the Firsty Group (www.firstygroup.com/). It comprises:
FirstyWork: eBook conversion, "app" development and distribution; www.firstywork.com
FirstyFish: eBookstore; www.firstyfish.com
FirstyReaders: eReader comparison; www.firstyreaders.com
BCL NuMedia: web development; www.bcl-numedia.com
Firsty Group will be making a number of announcements in the coming weeks about exclusive and non-exclusive partnerships that should catapult us into being a global service provider for publishers and authors, so do look out for them.
As you can no doubt tell, the Firsty team is very excited not only about our own increasing scope of digital publishing solutions, but also about the entire digital publishing market. |
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| The official ePUB logo is announced... |
| Finally the IDPF have a logo for the industry standard ePub format and we love it! Congratulations to Ralph Burkhardt from Stuttgart, Germany, who designed the logo. Can you spot the other letters?... Read more » |
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| iPad: A Ferrari being driven at 40mph |
First, a disclaimer before my daughter and I review our shiny new iPad: our religious leaning; we are regular visitors to the high church of Jobs. We kneel at Apple's beautifully designed altar and not just on Sundays. We believe.
So, an unbiased review? Perhaps not, but we'll try... Read more » |
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| Print books are cheaper? |
| 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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| Turning the page on Rainforest Destruction |
| From stopping littering to addressing climate change, stories found in children’s books often help instill the first concepts of environmental stewardship. Ironically, a growing number of these books are made from paper linked to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests... Read more » |
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| Borders to sell up to 10 different eReaders |
| Borders® and Aluratek today announced an agreement to feature Aluratek’s "Libre" eBook Reader Pro in Borders’ growing lineup of eReaders...Read more » |
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| Oil in the Bookstore EcoSystem (US) |
| I am finding an eerie similarity between the disastrous Gulf oil spill and the parlous state of America’s bookstores. In both cases, the forces are in place for a disaster that will play out over the coming months and years... Read more » |
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| Against Flash By Buying An iPad Every 3 Seconds |
| You may have thought you knew exactly what Steve Jobs thought about Adobe Flash considering he wrote a 1,700-word blog post on it back in April. But today at the D8 Conference outside of Los Angeles, he made himself a little bit more clear... Read more » |
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| Apple blocks apps with minimal user functionality |
| Back in December 2008, when the App Store was still less than half a year old, I wrote a post about an application that has now become something of an iPhone staple: iFart. The app and similar ‘gross’ applications like it have gone on to become immensely popular, proving that the general public has an insatiable and somewhat disturbing appetite for recorded flatulence... Read more » |
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| 28 Days later - with an iPad |
| On the eve of its Australian release, it’d be remiss of me if I didn’t take the opportunity to gloat a little and write a few words about how I feel about the iPad after close to a month of use... Read more » |
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| Paid for Apps better than free/lite apps? |
| The votes have been counted and the results are in. The data, provided by Distimo for May 2010, clearly shows the average number of days that applications across various categories stay at the top of the App Store rankings... Read more » |
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| Universal eBooks – Publishers need to co operate |
| The industry-wide struggle over e-book formats continues, despite the fact that publishers are inundated with choices over how and where to distribute their e-books... Read more » |
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