Author Archives: Evan O'Connor

New Global Outlook Report Predicts Growth in Publishing Industry

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Evan O'Connor

Global Industry Analysts, Inc. (GIA) released a global outlook report on the publishing industry last month, predicting that it will reach $322.7 billion by 2015. This news comes following an unstable point brought on by the global economic recession, but … Continue reading →

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Apple Announces New Education and Publishing Apps for iPad

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Evan O'Connor

Apple held an educational publishing event at the Guggenheim in New York City yesterday, outlining three new apps for students, teachers, and publishers. The first announcement was for iBooks 2, Apple’s reinvention of textbooks. The free app is available today … Continue reading →

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Celebrate 1st National Download Day With Your E-Reader or Tablet

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Lulu.com has announced that the first annual National Download Day will be December 26, 2011—a day that Lulu predicts will be the highest traffic shopping day for e-reader and tablet content. With Amazon selling over a million Kindles a week … Continue reading →

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Nazi-Occupied Childhood Inspires Tales of Humor and Mysticism—Now Available as E-Books!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Evan O'Connor

Ingeborg Lauterstein survived a tumultuous childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna, Austria during World War II. She watched the world around her crumble, and lived to tell the tale: some 40 years later, her life and her volatile homeland formed the basis … Continue reading →

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