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E-Books and Self-Publishing Roundup, Nov. 23, 2011

Nathan Gibbs

by Nathan Gibbs, November 23, 2011

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The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing


1. For their children, many e-book fans insist on paper (New York Times)

2. Thirteen ways to jumpstart digital revenue (FOLIO:)

3. Mobile devices boost magazine reading (MediaPost)

4. Five lessons on using e-books for news (Poynter)

5. Amazon taps self-published authors for Kindle lending library (paidContent)

6. Challenge for publishers in 2012: funding tablet and e-reader product development (eMedia Vitals)

7. Penguin pulls new e-books from libraries (paidContent)


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