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Bowker Twitter

Published on January 28, 2011 By kmooney

I have working a good deal with Bowker of late and have found their twitter feed a good resource, especially during this past week of Digital Book World. Here is a taste of Bowker’s latest insights into book consumers via their twitter feed:

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Ereaders storing consumer behavior data

Published on December 17, 2010 By kmooney

A very interesting article on ereader data by NPR.

Most e-readers, like Amazon’s Kindle, have an antenna that lets users instantly download new books. But the technology also makes it possible for the device to transmit information back to the manufacturer.
“They know how fast you read because you have to click to turn the page,” [...]