Category Archives: News

Mobile Digital Asset Management Completes the DAM Value Chain

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Nick Van Weerdenburg

At Henry Stewart last week we announced our iPad interface and our mobile digital asset management strategy. You can read more here-  North Plains Puts the Power of an Enterprise DAM Solution on the iPad. One of the interesting aspects of … Continue reading →

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Digital Asset Management: The History Channel for Your Company

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Nick Van Weerdenburg

Digital asset management systems are many things, but one thing that isn’t discussed much is the historical value of DAM to an organization. We usually think of DAMs value in immediate ROI – capturing and distributing our rich media assets … Continue reading →

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Ghost of Greeting Cards Past: Marketing Lessons Learned from this Year’s Seasons Greetings Cards

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Nick Van Weerdenburg

As I’ve been working the last two weeks I’ve been impressed by the wide variety of holiday greeting cards companies are sending around. It used to be that paper cards were the more thoughtful ones but the production value going … Continue reading →

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Amazon: eBooks Outselling Hardcovers

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Joshua Duhl

Another data point for the growth of the eBook market comes from data released from Amazon.com: “Amazon.com customers now purchase more Kindle books than hardcover books–astonishing when you consider that we’ve been selling hardcover books for 15 years, and Kindle … Continue reading →

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The Elephant in the Living Room: It’s About "Video Management AND…"

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Joshua Duhl

After spending a week in Las Vegas at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show it’s clear that the demand for managing video – often referred to as “Media Asset Management” (MAM) and for managing all kinds of digital files “Digital Asset Management” (DAM) — has grown substantially in the past year. Continue reading →

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How Book Publishers are Preparing for Change

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Hassan Kotob

While eBooks represent less than 3% of total book sales, a new and ongoing study by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) examining “consumer attitudes toward e-book reading” recently presented at the Tools of Change for Publishing conference revealed some statistics that are shaping the early market:

  • Nearly 45% of buyers who have started acquiring eBooks mostly or exclusively purchase eBooks over print books
  • Affordability is paramount
  • The PC is currently the most-used device for reading an eBook (47%), followed by Amazon Kindle (32%), then the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch (21%)

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Video Killed the Swimsuit Edition

Posted on March 2, 2010 by George Grippo

Sports Illustrated will be launching a revamped site later this afternoon moving ad-supported video into the forefront with up to 15 clips added daily. Why the big push into video? Well it turns out that SI.com served up 70 million … Continue reading →

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Amazon e-Book share to fall from 90% to 35%, Analyst Says

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Todd Eckler

The race is on and that’s good for the eBook market. Three strong competitors (Apple, Google and Amazon) in this market will fuel the need for more content and for enhanced content. The issue will be can publishers keep up? There is so much happening right now with clearing of eRights, back list conversion and dealing with just getting the current product to ePub, how will publishers get to the next stage of dynamic and interactive books? Continue reading →

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Trade eBook Sales More than Triple Year over Year!

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Joshua Duhl

The Association of American Publishers (AAP), in conjunction with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), released eBook sales statistics for December 2009. Trade eBook sales were $19,100,000 for December, a 119.7% increase over December 2008 ($8,700,000). Calendar Year to Date sales are up + 176.2%. Continue reading →

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Emerging Jobs: Digital Archivists!

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Joshua Duhl

An interesting article in The New York Times points to the emerging need for Digital Archivists or “Digital Asset Managers”. The number is expected to triple over the next decade, and salaries currently range from $70,000 to $100,000. That is pretty healthy growth, and directly points to the growing demand for digital asset management systems. Continue reading →

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