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Reinhard Willner about Senioren genießen das Leben – mit Hilfe ihrer Bibliothek

Fri, 18.01.2013 10:07

Eine ausgesprochen gute Zusammenfassung, ich habe schon länger nach weiteren Informationen über die Altenpflege-Pr [...]

Brigitte Doellgast about David Horvitz „How Can A Digital Be Gift?“ – Ex Libris

Fri, 14.12.2012 12:07

Danke für den netten Kommentar :)

Dünscha about David Horvitz „How Can A Digital Be Gift?“ – Ex Libris

Fri, 14.12.2012 08:41

Wow, ein wunderschönes Ex Libris! Und in der Tat eine wichtige Idee zur Weitergabe von Digitalen Infos!

Bonnie Lafazan about Auch Informationskompetenz-Vermittlung: Auskunftsdienste in verschiedenen Bibliotheken New Yorks

Thu, 06.12.2012 02:09

The research you mentioned above is available here from a poster session on the subject: http://valenj.org/sites [...]

Sven about Queens Public Library: Internationale Nutzerschaft und Discovery Center für Kinder

Sun, 14.10.2012 05:06

Ein tolles Projekt. Ich staune, dass eine Libary dem Artikel nach schon fast ein kleines Science-Zentrum auf die B [...]

Wednesday, 30. March 2011

Are Apps the future of the e-book?

The Börsenblatt reports that e-books were on the agenda at the recent Tools of Change for Publishing conference during the Internantional Childrens Book Fair in Bologna. In regards to childrens' books, the consensus was clear: the way of the future lies in apps, not e-books. Most apps cost about 3-4 Euros per download, which is much less than the cost of your average picture book. Yet a professionally programmed app runs about 20,000-30,000 Euros to develop, a cost that must be recouped. Yet the Carlsen Verlag's Pixi-App was downloaded more than 20,000 times in the last 3 months alone, so it seems the business model may work afterall.

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