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What Is An Ebook, PT XXV:In E-Books, Publishers Have Rivals: News Sites
This NYT article points out that publishers are facing yet more competition in the ebook world: from news sites.
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What's interesting is that the definition of ebook is pretty much a moving target, as various authors seek to use the ebook form to publish content. Most of the discussion on this forum takes as its starting point ebook=novel. However, it seems more and more likely that in the future ebook is just as likely to be long form reporting, essay collection, extended magazine article, short story, novella, or excerpt from serialized novel.That means that some of the expectations that we hold dear about what an ebook should be might have to change, based on content. I'm also wondering whether there will be anything left for the newspaper industry to do. CLassifieds are migrating to Craigslist, opinion and commentary to the blogs. It looks like long-form reporting might be migrating to ebooks. That just leaves local news-which is done by local TV. Are newspapers doomed? |
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