Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Publishers look to music lessons on digital content -- Online Publishing -- InformationWeek

June 2, 2009

NEW YORK - Publishers are learning from music labels' struggle to make online music profitable and combat piracy, but so-called e-books will only add value to the industry and not replace printed books, experts say.

Amid a global economic downturn, the publishing industry is also trying to deal with a growing demand for online content driven by advances in technology with electronic readers like Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN).com's Kindle and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Corp's Reader...