The article examines the explosion in smart mobile devices and the increasing demand for mobile-enabled content and services. The growth in this market has provided opportunities for scholarly publishers to deliver targeted and relevant mobile content and information to their customers.
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being interviewed at the 2010 Tools of Change for Publishing conference in Frankfurt. He spoke at the conference about mobile platforms from the perspective of publishers faced with multiple delivery models including apps and the web.
Have a listen and let us know what you think.
http://soundcloud.com/toolsforchange/the-digital-divide-past#
Facebook has acquired Push Pop Press, creators of Al Gore’s enhanced ebook Our Choice (full story here).
This doesn’t mean that Facebook is going to start publishing ebooks. “The ideas and technology behind Push Pop Press will be integrated with Facebook, giving people even richer ways to share their stories,” explain co-founders Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris.
This is thought to be a defensive move on Facebook’s part, which is facing competition from Google +.
The video below gives a great demonstration of Push Pop’s enhanced ebook technology – but for many it will prompt the question: is this a book?
