Comments on: Apple Working on Tablet Since 2003, Print Industry Preparing? https://isource.com/2009/10/06/apple-working-on-tablet-since-2003-print-industry-preparing/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Apple Tablet to Launch in Q1 2010, Foxconn to Manufacture them? | Mactropolis.com - Your Friendly Global Mac Community https://isource.com/2009/10/06/apple-working-on-tablet-since-2003-print-industry-preparing/#comment-30578 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:01:14 +0000 http://www.mactropolis.com/?p=5759#comment-30578 […] To wrap up, the report claims that the device will emphasize ebook reader functionality, which also reinforces earlier claims that the device will redefine print media. […]

]]> By: LearningOSX.com https://isource.com/2009/10/06/apple-working-on-tablet-since-2003-print-industry-preparing/#comment-30577 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:11:06 +0000 http://www.mactropolis.com/?p=5759#comment-30577 The thing that I like about this product and the reason I’m drooling all over it is not just because of the fact that it’s a cool new apple toy but because Apple knows how to build an ecosystem.

Love them or hate them, they have figured out a great business model for audio and video distribution. It was the first model that proved to media companies that a legal digital distribution model could work. It paved ways for others do try it.

The same is going to happen for the printed word. Apple’s clout and distribution are going to clobber Amazon. Doing so will ultimately help the Kindle because publishers, once they see it works, are going to be more likely to release their print material across stores.

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