An iTunes moment?

The author offers opinions on electronic books and economic aspects of electronic reading devices such as the Kindle. Application software allowing users of the Apple iPhone to read electronic books is said to offer a possible business model for distressed newspaper and periodical publishers. Those...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 390; no. 8618; pp. 15 - 17
Formato: Editorial
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 2/14/2009
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Sumario:The author offers opinions on electronic books and economic aspects of electronic reading devices such as the Kindle. Application software allowing users of the Apple iPhone to read electronic books is said to offer a possible business model for distressed newspaper and periodical publishers. Those products could be downloaded by iPhone users for a small fee, akin to the process by which music is downloaded by Apple's iTunes service.