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One of publishing's primary prognosticators, Mike Shatzkin, has put in his fifteen cents for the year—here it is, and I'll make a brief comment on it—he overstates significantly the ability of existing companies to operate the future infrastucture, in particular his idea that Lightning Source and B&N will somehow take control of delivering eBooks to the iPhone. Why on earth would Apple bother—it's not as if they went to HMV for assistance in creating iTunes. Books are the last thing of Steve Jobs's mind.

Also, one more place to add to your RSS feed, probably the brainiest of them all...The Institute for the Future of the Book. if:book


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