Digital Publishing Has Arrived.
Digital publishing has hit the mass market. Borders announced its first new concept store featuring digital kiosks where you can download music AND books. Epublishing has arrived, and with a vengence. Amazon has Kindle and Borders has the Sony Ebook Reader.
Here is a portion of an article I read online
http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article_na_19307.php
14 Feb 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After more than 18 months of development and testing, Borders will unveil the first of its new concept stores when grand opening festivities kick off Feb. 22 at its new store in Ann Arbor, Mich., the company's hometown. The 28,900-square-foot concept store — the first of 14 the company expects to open nationwide this year — represents a significant enhancement over existing Borders stores inside and out and fulfills the company's mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and entertainment, officials said.
The first Borders Concept Store in the nation is located in Ann Arbor, Mich. According to a news release, one of the highlights of the new store is its Digital Center. Within the Digital Center there are multiple computer kiosks and stations dedicated to new services including music and book downloading as well as mixing and making custom CDs through "Borders Digital Music," which features millions of titles to choose from.
Pretty interesting, isn't it. Epublishing is now the wave of the future...although it's been around since the early 90's. I believe it's taken a new generation of computer savvy readers to embrace the technology and bring it forth. When I write at my local coffeeshop, I'm amazed at the number of 20+ and 30+ - somethings watching a movie on their iPod or PS2, reading their text messages on their tiny cell phone screen, reading the newspaper online. They are used to reading online and enjoy it as well as reading a print book. Everyone at the coffeehouse is plugged into their laptop, and connected to the Internet, and therefore, has access to the world.
It's exciting to witness this change.
Happy Reading!
Vicki
http://www.vickigaia.com
Here is a portion of an article I read online
http://www.kioskmarketplace.com/article_na_19307.php
14 Feb 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After more than 18 months of development and testing, Borders will unveil the first of its new concept stores when grand opening festivities kick off Feb. 22 at its new store in Ann Arbor, Mich., the company's hometown. The 28,900-square-foot concept store — the first of 14 the company expects to open nationwide this year — represents a significant enhancement over existing Borders stores inside and out and fulfills the company's mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and entertainment, officials said.
The first Borders Concept Store in the nation is located in Ann Arbor, Mich. According to a news release, one of the highlights of the new store is its Digital Center. Within the Digital Center there are multiple computer kiosks and stations dedicated to new services including music and book downloading as well as mixing and making custom CDs through "Borders Digital Music," which features millions of titles to choose from.
Pretty interesting, isn't it. Epublishing is now the wave of the future...although it's been around since the early 90's. I believe it's taken a new generation of computer savvy readers to embrace the technology and bring it forth. When I write at my local coffeeshop, I'm amazed at the number of 20+ and 30+ - somethings watching a movie on their iPod or PS2, reading their text messages on their tiny cell phone screen, reading the newspaper online. They are used to reading online and enjoy it as well as reading a print book. Everyone at the coffeehouse is plugged into their laptop, and connected to the Internet, and therefore, has access to the world.
It's exciting to witness this change.
Happy Reading!
Vicki
http://www.vickigaia.com
Labels: Borders, digital, epublishing
posted by Vicki Gaia @ 8:52 AM
3 Comments:
At 7:17 PM,
Meg Allison said…
Wow! That is exciting news! Thanks for sharing. :)
At 11:08 PM,
Denise Patrick said…
Really exciting stuff. It will be really nice when people don't look at you like you've got two heads when you mention ebooks.
At 6:47 AM,
john said…
Excellent post, digital publishing replaced the traditional publishing and it becomes revenue generation tool for the print publishers. E-publishing is the best tool to compete the rising broadcast media. All of the print publishers are already using the web to circulate their publications and some publishers are using the services like http://www.pressmart.net to distribute their publications through new technology mediums.
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