DODOcases for Kindles & iPads

I saw someone using one of these on the Metro on my way to class on Monday.

Perusing the site, I think it's an interesting way to keep traditional bookbinding methods alive while still finding a way to serve readers....

Torrenting and the fiction-publishing market

In this LJ post (which I saw on FB), an author sounds off on the impact that illegal downloads can have on her career. Food for thought?

http://anywherebeyond.livejournal.com/342581.html

Literacy Isn't Dead

Apparently a new study lists D.C. as the nation's most literate (based on soft- and hard-copy resources available and used).

USA Today article here

Original study here

An interesting case study (though sadly short on detail) from Kaplan Publishing on the print-to-digital paradigm, from the user-experience (UX) perspective:

Portraits of an Industry in Flux: Digital Publishing and UX (UX Magazine, 1/3/2011) - http://uxmag.com/strategy/portraits-of-an-industry-in-flux

I suppose one lesson is that times of great change also provide the opportunity to refocus resources, revise goals, and identify new tools in creating an improved product type.