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How the iPhone Rekindled Reading

Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 - 3:31pm
iPhone Kindle app.

Only a year and a half ago, Steve Jobs peed all over the idea of building an iPod-like device for reading. "It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is," he famously said. "The whole conception is flawed at the top because people don't read anymore."

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  • Marion Maneker is a regular contributor to The Big Money.
iPhone Kindle app.

Finding the Kindle Beater

Posted Tuesday, June 9, 2009 - 1:58pm

The recent Book Expo publishing industry convention held in New York accelerated the impression that the industry is rapidly embracing new technology. Many attendees remarked that e-books pervaded every discussion they had on the convention floor. "It has tipped," tweeted Todd Sattersten, president of Milwaukee-based 800-CEO-Read, an influential online source of business books. "Buckle in for the ride."

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  • Marion Maneker is a regular contributor to The Big Money.

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