Archive for February, 2010
Second-hand news
Friday, February 12th, 2010Worthy of note is the burgeoning second-hand or used book market. In 2006 22 per cent of adults bought books from a charity shop or other second-hand outlet (Mintel, 2007). Oxfam has 130 specialist bookshops, alongside its sale of books in its other retail outlets, and is the largest retailer of second-hand books in Europe. [...]
iPadulation
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010The launch of the tablet computer from Apple last week was a masterful demonstration of how to launch a product, with little advance information and great anticipation in the media.
The iPad has not changed the industry overnight but it does look like the cool object we have been waiting for in terms of ebook readers. [...]
