PP for Italy’s Giornale della Libreria: Ebook 2.0

Publishing Perspectives’s latest column for the Italy’s Giornale della Libreria is a translation of Benjamin Denckla's article, "If Ebooks are Software, It’s Time for Version 2.0." The post PP for Italy’s Giornale della Libreria: Ebook 2.0 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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