I have just been re-reading Pamela Schultz Nybacka’s Bookonomy: The Consumption Practice and Value of Book Reading. In it, she coins a new term, “bookonomy” as an…
Avoiding bookstores
On Tuesday this week my wife and I took the day off for trip to the countryside. There were no bookstores on the agenda. We…
The Old Bookshop
View this post on Instagram Went to the old bookshop today! A post shared by Autumn Rose Dearborn (@autumnrose_noseinbooks) on Jun 1, 2018 at 10:10am…
Reproduction and the value of noise
I’ve just been reading David McKitterick’s Old Books and New Technologies and something he says on page 15 (clearly, I’ve not gotten far yet), has made…
A Reader’s Manifesto
A Readers’ Manifesto Written in response to Phillip Jones call for a ‘Manifesto for the Future of the Book Business‘, which I came across too…
eBooks and Audio books
Downloaded audio continued its multi-year growth track. The category hit record growth in both units (27.0%) and revenue (26.8%) over 2013. While the category has…
Booksellers lead innovation
It’s always nice to find historical evidence of the leading role the bookseller has taken in innovating the book industry. eReaders, which are frequently sold…
Amazon is a delivery service
I’ve just been reading Clay Shirky’s recent post on the Amazon – Hachette feud, Amazon, Publishers, and Readers, in which he does a good job…
Edtech idea sources
Here are some further sources for innovation ideas that might be helpful. The first is the TWitter #edtech hashtag. #edtech Tweets
Innovation in edtech
This is a presentation I’ve played with to show students on Bangor’s PGCert in Higher Education induction course. I’ve done tried all the ideas listed,…