While ebooks have been around for a long time, it's only the launch of the iPhone and iPad plus ebook readers like Kindle, Nook and Sony that have created the market that now spends about $90 million per month on ebooks. (pw.org). "For the first two months of 2011, e-book sales were up 169.4%, to $164.1 million, equalling the sales of trade paperbacks for the two-month period; trade paperback sales were down 22.5% for the two months at the 19 reporting publishers." [source pw.org].
But what came before? Today's guest post from Online Colleges takes us back to the original 'technologies' used in the act of reading: From the stylus to moveable type - enjoy this compendium of literature's long history. Who could predict it would end up in a multi-billion dollar digitial industry?
Read full story here:
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/05/02/10-technologies-that-changed-literature-forever/
1 comment:
Looks like you are an expert in this field, Great articles and keep up the great work, my buddy recommended me it.
My blog:
rachat credit voiture aussi simulateur rachat de credit
Post a Comment