From the monthly archives: October 2011
PublishersWeekly.com reports that E-book sales from publishers that report to the AAP rose 116.5% in August, to $88.8 million, compared to August 2010. The gain marked an acceleration in e-book growth compared to July when sales of the format increased 105%, the slowest in 2011. All trade print segments had a decline in August sales [...]
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Books-A-Million, which has been taking over the leases of former Borders locations since summer, has officially announced its store plans for the holiday season. Beginning October 28 and continuing through mid-November BAM! will open a total of 41 new stores, said BAM! president Terry Finley. Fourteen of those leases were acquired through the auction process [...]
At a time when superhero movies are mainstream, it is hard to imagine a movie that can provide refreshing incite concerning people who gain superhuman powers. A few in mind that weren’t great but were arguably at least interesting were Will Smith’s Hancock and Paul McGuigan’s Push. My all-time original favorite would be M. Night [...]
Holy crap, this was a very disappointing film. These days, with a newborn, I’m forced to take advantages of new releases on my Apple TV, and Captain America: The First Avenger was my latest watch and frankly its a dud. Director Joe Johnston screwed this movie up royally. What’s worse is that I wasn’t even [...]
Some of the big news on the tech blogs today is the news that Nokia has finally launched their Windows operated mobile phone lineup. There’s been a lot of hoopla over the N9, which is likely to never hit the U.S market, but the windows enabled phones look amazing. Nokia just announced the Lumia 800, [...]
In what was described internally as a cost-cutting move, Marvel Comics laid off 11 employees last week, including three editors, four in production, two in the collections department and two from digital compositing. Only two weeks ago Jim Sokolowski, Marvel’s COO was laid off for similar reasons, and earlier in the summer director of publishing [...]
Lately, our little print company has made some staff adjustments. We’re a six person strong team, and its not that we’re new to hiring, but the latest changes were more dramatic than usual and worth posting about. On a couple positions, we settled so we wouldn’t be short on hands, but consequently this abruptness caused [...]
QR codes have been popular in Japan way before the U.S started appreciating the neat little square barcodes. Despite a recent QR code malware scare making us weary of scanning just any random QR code, there are three neat ways of implementing QR codes I thought worth mentioning. 1. On a Tombstone? Yoav Medan’s mother [...]
Kodak Invites Consumers to Print Photos From Their FACEBOOK Account and Their Friend’s Albums at a KODAK Picture Kiosk for Free. Eastman Kodak Company announces Free KODAK Prints Week, an opportunity for customers to print photos from their FACEBOOK Account for free directly from a KODAK Picture Kiosk October 17 through October 23. To enhance [...]
It’s my little secret, but I love eating at Moe’s Southwest Grill. OMG, if I could just explain how much I relish their nachos and chicken quesadillas more than any other southwestern or mexican restaurant. My craving is why I found an article in Inc. Magazine under “opportunities” so intriguing. At age 40, A woman [...]
Bringing easy large-format printing and the instant sharing of plans to design professionals wherever they work, HP unveiled a new HP ePrint & Share mobile application for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. HP ePrint & Share is a printing and sharing tool that allows designers in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry to [...]
Sacre Bleu, a wine startup, that offers two varietals, a Cabernet Sauvignon and a Sauvignon Blanc produced in the vineyards of Chile’s Maule Valley, avoids traditional marketing by initiating an aggressive social media plan encompassing Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. But now the startup is partnering with Paperlinks, a LA-based provider of QR codes, by adding [...]
It seems to be generally popular for people to think businesses should be 100% transparent on Facebook and other social networks. 100% transparency would infer that all comments would not be edited, removed, deleted or manipulated in any way by a business. Social networks play a really cool role in how businesses can engage with [...]
The open source blogging start-up which created WordPress, Automattic, has made its first investment, leading a round of funding in Austin, Texas-based OwnLocal, which offers tools for newspapers to help local businesses with their Web presence. OwnLocal is also one of the first for-profit investments by the Knight Enterprise Fund for media innovation; additional funding [...]
Big crowds and the growing transition to digital delivery were the big stories coming out of New York Comic Con, held this past weekend at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Although official figures have not yet been released, in his blog, ReedPop v-p and show organizer Lance Fensterman said the 2011 [...]
Today, Adobe Reader for iOS is available free on the Apple App Store. I have to hand it to Adobe…despite iOS’s aggressive pursuit of not supporting Flash products, the company remains dedicated to iOS. This new PDF reader makes it easier than ever to view and interact with any PDF file on your iPhone, iPad [...]
Bloomberg reports that Fujifilm Corp. sued Eastman Kodak Co. (EK), alleging that it infringed patents for digital cameras. Fujifilm, based in Tokyo, sued Eastman Kodak over four digital-camera patents after talks between the companies were unsuccessful, according to a complaint filed today in federal court in Manhattan. Kodak manufactured and sold products in the U.S., [...]
A while back, I wrote an article begging other entrepreneurs to check any company website(s) on the Ipad and other tablets. More clearly, I’m asking fellow businessmen and women not to treat tablet customers like mobile customers. Just because the tablet is more mobile than say….a desktop….doesn’t mean the experience is the same as a [...]
