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More on publishers and the Kindle Fire

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Suzanne Vranica has a very good article about the Kindle Fire. See Magazines Join With New Tablet Challenger She is right to point out the growing overhead associated with all these devices. “With each new tablet comes a long and expensive process for publishers, which have to retrofit their content for each device.” That’s exactly …

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What should publishers do about Amazon’s Kindle Fire?

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Publishers are desperate for new sources of revenue, so every time some new gadget comes along they think, “Can this save us?” The answer is usually no. I have a Nook Color, which is a pretty cool little tablet. It’s not much good for “productivity” stuff. I wouldn’t want to compose a document on the …

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