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It turns out that tech companies — especially Apple and Amazon — are the new publishers. And this is, of course, because their technology disintermediates all the component steps required for a physical book. We have all seen the numbers about the growth of e-books and how every category is impinging on the traditional book categories.
Why e-books will be much bigger than you can imagine — Tech News and Analysis (via infoneer-pulse)
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    I haven’t bought a book since getting an iPhone.
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    Sweet, I will finally get to publish my autobiography!
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    I never imagined ebooks would become so big. I believed that print would keep on ruling the book industry. I guess not.
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    “It turns out that tech companies — especially Apple and Amazon — are the new publishers. And this is, of course,...
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    To me, this reads like doomsday.