The Digital Shift blog is reporting that as of today, Penguin Group USA will no longer permit any library lending of its new e-book titles.
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Clearly the status quo was not sustainable, but was the shift to digital-only the right solution?
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Its first customer was the Atlantic , whose shift to digital has sparked a notable comeback.
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From a cost perspective, the shift to digital delivery of content could help Amazon avoid costly free shipping subsidies.
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Now, as print publications are forced to make the shift to digital, they will see a larger squeeze on their margins.
The digital revolution, the shift in consumer spending, all this suggests that companies have to reinvent the way they do business.
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Most significantly, the shift in digital publishing can certainly deliver high quality and engaging original content produced by thousands of talented contributors.
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The inextricable shift to digital marketing channels by both consumers and marketers will continue to drive the need for data-driven, personalized marketing platforms like Neolane.
For now, the major ad holding companies, which have been emphasizing a shift to digital advertising, are hinting at where the rest of the year is headed.
What about the inevitable shift to digital records, you say?
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But when they say the film rental business has "faced increased competition from internet-based providers along with the shift to digital streaming of movies and games", that's accountants' under-statement.
Meanwhile, the shift to digital books has fueled an arms race among digital start-ups seeking to cash in on the massive pool of data collected by e-reading devices and reading apps.
Disney also laid off about the same number at the movie studio in April to cope with the decline in DVD sales as consumer habits shift to digital forms of home entertainment.
The NPD Group captured this trend recently in a report that found that there has been a noticeable shift in digital content purchases by children ages 2-14 over the last two years.
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Some 40% of sales are generated outside of the U.S. The company is well positioned to capitalize on emerging market growth, increasing consumer spending on education and the shift to digital media.
The Recording Industry Association of America has been flailing around for years trying to rescue an obsolete business model, fighting tooth and nail against the shift to digital music instead of embracing it.
While video subscriber losses continued, the company hopes that these losses will stop once all subscribers shift to its digital platform.
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It's being given up by broadcasters as they shift from analog to digital broadcasting.
How the shift from analogue to digital phones might have changed things is anybody's guess.
The shift from print to digital, as Tom Vander Ark so succinctly puts it, is upon us.
But the rise of digital books has prompted a profound shift in the way we read, transforming the activity into something measurable and quasi-public.
There was also a commitment to shift more and more public services online - "digital by default" - in what the chancellor called a huge culture shift for government.
Some see this as a shift in the attitude towards digital film, which had previously been considered inferior in quality.
Using this and the shift to more focus on digital channels allows us to do more two-way engagement and deliver more personal, differentiated experiences.
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For brands, all the fuss when it comes to digital boils down to one big behavioral shift: consumers are talking to each other before they are talking to brands.
Though many have speculated recently as to whether mobile devices would truly ignite the next era in personal technology, the tremendous growth in digital content revenue alludes to the impending shift to mobile.
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Western Digital Corp. (WDC) : A lot of investors are sour on this California-based firm, a longtime leader in the hard drive and digital storage business, because of the shift away from hard drives toward solid-state and flash drives.
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