Posts Tagged ‘digitalcontent’
Barnes & Noble to open ‘PubIt!’ self-publishing portal this summer
Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 07:50 Written by Darren Murph Wednesday, 19 May 2010 07:50
Self-publishing has long since been possible through Amazon , but you won’t catch us kvetching about a little competition in the market place. In an attempt to do for indie writers what InstantAction has done for indie game developers, Barnes & Noble has just announced its intentions to open up a self-publishing portal this summer. We wouldn’t say that the PubIt! name is the greatest of all time (for a variety of reasons, frankly), but the world’s largest bookseller is hoping to expand its importance in the digital realm by giving wannabe authors the ability to upload and sell their material through B&N’s website and eBookstore. Details on the compensation model (read: profit split) will be announced “in the coming weeks,” but the real kicker here is this won’t be limited to the Nook ; pretty much any e-reader, tablet or PC will be able to tap in and make purchases, so the potential audience is quite large. Hit that source link if you want to be notified when invitations are going out, and given just how close we are to this mythical “summer” thing, we’d suggest you start putting pen to paper — and fast. [Thanks, Victor] Continue reading Barnes & Noble to open ‘PubIt!’ self-publishing portal this summer Barnes & Noble to open ‘PubIt!’ self-publishing portal this summer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 10:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Barnes & Noble | Email this | Comments
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Cynergy’s magazine stand concept serves up digital content a la carte (video)
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 06:21 Written by Vladislav Savov Tuesday, 16 March 2010 06:21
Not that we’ve never seen Surface -like touch tables interacting with mobile devices before, but now that the whole thing is being repackaged as “the magazine stand of the future” and those trendy tablets are involved, we might as well have a look. Cynergy is demonstrating a seamless method for purchasing digital content from one of these kiosks using your e-reader or tablet pc. It’s just a matter of plopping your device — which already knows your identity and available credit — atop the display table and then flicking the particular magazine or newspaper you want onto your storage. It looks effortless and all, but it also requires that you have the “custom designed and built” software from Cynergy, which you’ll have to pump funds into in order to get the seamlessness going
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Cynergy’s magazine stand concept serves up digital content a la carte (video)
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Wired’s tablet app goes on show: developed on AIR, heading to the iPad (video)
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:11 Written by Vladislav Savov Wednesday, 17 February 2010 02:11
Mmm, digital magazines. They are the little bites of paid-for content that all the publishers believe we should be deeply enthralled with. Hoping to show us why exactly it is that we should all care (and pay) for prepackaged digital content is Wired ‘s latest and most comprehensive demo of its tablet app. Setting aside hopefuls like the Joojoo and Adam for a moment, it is clear that this is intended for Apple’s iPad — the device that stands by far the biggest chance of making the digimag concept a commercial success. Interesting choice of development partner, then, as Condé Nast has opted to use Adobe’s AIR platform for the underlying mechanics. Adobe promises its Packager for iPhone will allow devs to easily port AIR apps to run natively on the iPad, but until Apple gives its official ascent to the final code, nothing is guaranteed. As far as the app goes, it’ll come with Twitter and Facebook integration, and navigation is geared toward the touching and swiping model so prevalent today. See it on video after the break
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