Newsy Notes: A Disposable E-Reader, Build Website Traffic with Backlinks, Barnes and Noble Sales Projections
Disposable E-Reader Projected
Imaginations are running wild upon news of a breakthrough that could lead to a low-cost and even disposable e-reader. Coining the phrase "E-paper on paper," electrical engineering professor Andrew Steckl and University of Cincinnati doctoral student Duk Young Kim have developed a method that allows colored text and video to be displayed on flexible, organic paper. ~ Fox News Tech Breakthrough Could Mean Disposable E-readers
Of interest to writers: A flexible and disposable e-reader that uses a process called "electrowetting" could drive future ebook sales.
Use Backlinks to Build Traffic to Your Website
Generating backlinks to your website is a highly effective way to build traffic. Backlinks are inbound links to your website. Search engines use the number of backlinks to a web page as one of the indicators for how popular that page is on the Internet. In this article, I'll review five ways to generate backlinks to your website. ~Kris Kiler Strategic Marketing for Driving Traffic to Your Site
Of interest to writers: This article suggests various ways to build backlinks to your Website, including viral marketing, link exchanges, social bookmarking, distributing free press releases and online articles.
Barnes and Noble Sales Are Projected to Increase
At the retail stores, sales were led by the Nook, children's products and non-book merchandise. Sales of books were softer than expected, and CEO William Lynch said the core book business remains "under pressure." It's clear, Lynch added, that the physical book market is flat and will shrink. Still, executives said B&N is committed to the staying in the bookstore business and Mitch Klipper said there are no plans to close more than eight to 10 stores in the year. But it is also clear that e-readers and, in B&N phrasing, "e-content," drove gains in the second quarter and will grow sales in the holiday season. ~ Publisher's Weekly Nooks and Digital Content Drive Barnes & Noble
Of interest to writers: Barnes and Noble's heavy investment in digital technology will drive its focus.
© 2010 Janalyn Voigt
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