Category Archives: publishing

Kindle will soon support library lending of e-books

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Christopher Smith

Joining Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Sony’s Reader, later this year the Amazon Kindle will support the ability to borrow books from libraries. The books will be checked-out and accessible for a specific time period, and then unavailable after the … Continue reading →

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Adobe InDesign CS 5.5 Review

Posted on April 28, 2011 by agi

InDesign is the one product in the Creative Suite 5.5 to offer some significant improvements. Adobe’s near monopoly in the desktop publishing market has left book publishers with few alternatives despite Adobe InDesign’s terrible ePub export capabilities. Publishers have had … Continue reading →

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Adobe Flash CS 5.5 Review

Posted on April 27, 2011 by agi

Our review of Flash CS5.5 found that they’ve added more new features to Flash CS 5.5 than most of the other CS 5.5 products, but nothing worthy of a paid upgrade. For example, Adobe added auto-save capabilities to Flash CS … Continue reading →

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Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) Creative Suite 5.5 Review – AGI’s expert evaluation of Adobe CS 5.5

Posted on April 25, 2011 by agi

Soon Adobe Systems will start shipping Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, and we’ve been taking an early look at this group of Adobe CS products to review them and help AGI clients decide whether they should upgrade. Our conclusion after reviewing … Continue reading →

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E-books price pressure creates opportunity for publishers

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Christopher Smith

The .99 cent songs exploded in popularity on iTunes, and a recent analysis of the best-selling e-book titles on Amazon.com by the Wall Street Journal shows that 15 of the top 50 titles are priced under $5. This leaves book … Continue reading →

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E-reader and tablet sales continue to skyrocket

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Christopher Smith

Readers are continuing to adopt e-reading devices. This week e-reader company Kobo indicated that they have 3.2 million users, adding 1 million new users in the past 90 days. They announced this number as they indicated that they have received … Continue reading →

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Creative economy showing signs of stabilization

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Christopher Smith

Headlines make it appear that the creative market is in a freefall. Layoffs at agencies, newspapers and magazines closing their doors, even online advertising has taken a hit. But digging a bit deeper, there are some reasons to be optimistic. Continue reading →

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eBook readers good for publishers

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Christopher Smith

arlier this week I wrote about the expanded use of e-readers. This growth is good news for publishers, authors, consumers, and the environment. Publishers will have more control over their digital content. Continue reading →

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Microsoft Mix: Thoughts and impressions for the creative, design, & marketing community

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Christopher Smith

Microsoft has made some pretty significant announcement here in Las Vegas today that will impact the way you communicate on-line, develop Web and interactive content – and event how you think about what is on-line and what is a desktop … Continue reading →

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