"bookstores" entries
Top Stories: August 1-5, 2011
Our fragile modern systems, the G+ Effect, and science gets democratized.
This week on O'Reilly: The fragility of our modern systems was made clear to Tim O'Reilly during a recent trip, Jonathan Reichental defined the G+ Effect, and we learned what can happen when the barriers to scientific exploration come down.
How online bookstores should get social
A social layer on book sites would help readers, retailers and publishers.
What if you could take the social aspects of brick-and-mortar bookstores and blend them with the convenience of online sales? Joe Wikert explains how an online social layer would benefit everyone involved in the publishing chain.
7 ways ebook apps can help brick-and-mortar bookstores
Book retailers are missing an opportunity to unite the physical and digital worlds.
Bookstores need to build functionality into their mobile apps that makes customers want to go to their brick-and-mortar locations.
College Bookstores to Offer Ebooks through Kiosks
Seven college bookstores will soon offer movies and ebooks through in-store kiosks. From the Chronicle of Higher Education: Movies will be the first product offered at the kiosks, which are scheduled to appear at seven stores next month. The plan is to add digital textbooks to the kiosks starting next summer, says Charles Schmidt, a spokesman for the association….
Reinventing the Book and Killing It are Separate Things
Columnist Richard Cohen is overestimating the threat of digital books.