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Digitization and the Future

The Frankfurt Book Fair published results of a survey entitled “How will digitization shape the future of publishing?” Over 1,000 industry professionals from more than 30 countries responded to the survey. Overall, the findings are pretty interesting.

40% of respondents expect e-Content will overtake traditional books in sales by 2018.

60% of those polled do not currently use e-books or e-readers.

When asked who was driving the move towards digitization in the book industry, just 7% believed publishers were leading the way.

22% said consumers were pushing digitization; 21% said online retailers like Amazon were responsible; 20% pointed to Google as the main influencer.

Only 2% thought authors had any serious influence on the push toward digitization.

Significant concerns exist. 28% of those polled said copyright issues caused the biggest worry. 22% thought digital rights management was important. Standardizing on a file format (such as epub) was brought up by 21% of the respondents, while 16% thought retail price maintenance was a top concern.

Full details of the poll can be found here.

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Palin

McCain picks a true conservative as his running mate.

John McCain will introduce Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate at an event here at noon Friday, senior campaign sources confirmed to FOX News.

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McCain’s VP

The AP reports that Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota has “abruptly” cancelled numerous public appearances. Will he be McCain’s Veep pick?

Without explanation, Pawlenty called off an Associated Press interview at the last minute, as well as other media interviews in Denver, site of the Democratic National Convention.

Or, will it be Romney?

We’ll know by the end of today.

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2008 Election, GOP, John McCain, Vice President, Tim Pawlenty

Biden

So, it’s Joe after all. Heh. Leaking that bumper sticker was an excellent diversion. Fun stuff.

This election is setting itself up nicely. Biden’s mouth will elicit a wealth of great blog posts. Can’t wait.

Now, who’ll McCain pick? Will he find himself an attack dog to counter Joe Biden or will he choose a lamb who will emit a sort of calm that will make Biden look like a lunatic? Either way, it’ll be exciting.

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, John McCain, Vice President, Joe Biden, DNC

Red Herring?

Hmmm…what’s this?

This picture was leaked by someone who saw bumper stickers being printed at a plant near Kansas City.

Is the jig up?

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Evan Bayh, Hillary Clinton, Vice President

Called, Not Called

VP insanity.

We don’t know who has been called, but we know who Barack Obama hasn’t called yet.

Hillary Clinton has NOT been called.

Evan Bayh has NOT been called.

Joe Biden has not only NOT been called, it appears that everyone associated with him as gone to ground.

(h/t Marc Ambinder)

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2008 Election, Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Vice President, Joe Biden, Evan Bayh

Don’t Believe It

Mike Allen from Politico writes that Hillary Clinton has not been vetted for a possible VP slot. In fact, she was never asked.

“She was never vetted,” a Democratic official reported. “She was not asked for a single piece of paper. She and Senator Obama have never had a single conversation about it. How would he know if she’d take it?”

The official also said Clinton never met with Obama’s vetting team of Eric Holder and Caroline Kennedy.

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Tony Snow Dead at 53

A friend to many in the conservative movement, a writer, commentator, and a presidential press secretary, Tony Snow died last night of colon cancer at 2 AM EDT in Washington, D.C.. He was 53 years old.

“America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character,” President Bush said in a statement from Camp David, where he was spending the weekend. “It was a joy to watch Tony at the podium each day. He brought wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work.”

RIP.

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George W. Bush, Politics, Tony Snow, Colon Cancer