Welcome to Printing Industry News Digest (PIND) issue 76, providing a summary of major news items from the printing, packaging, digital and communications technology sectors. PIND incorporates brief summaries and links to the week's key news stories so that you can look up that all important detail, digging deeper behind the headline. Do also take a look at our automated Twitter-based GenesisNews Print Daily publication; why not take out a free subscription for a daily digital delivery!
Digital print businesses seeking “best binding” might like to note that further to recent details regarding the release of the DigiBook 300 PUR perfect binding product, UK post-press specialist Morgana has announced information regarding the first installation of this mid-range product at Concept Communications Group Ltd, Bishops Stortford.
UK digital printers in the north of the country might also like to note that a collection of Morgana post-press products will be shown in action at Headingley, Leeds, on November 16 and 17. Register now to reserve your place at this Evolution roadshow, dedicated to digital print production.
Elsewhere in the world of digital print, Kodak would appear to be doing well in the with regard to its printing-based products, even if the business still appears to be struggling in other areas of activity. Even the BBC highlights a potential cash crisis if the proposed sale of patents fails.
The changing face of advertising has been highlighted by our chums at Mashable in a post focused on the recent Advertising Week held in New York City.
At the other end of the publishing market, a new web site has been making the headlines this week. Unbound.co.uk aims to provide snippets of books to allow readers to decide for themselves which books are published. Take a look at the site and this BBC link for more details on this ground-breaking concept.
Publishers might also like to take a look at the QR code from a different angle: “Why the QR code is failing” is the title of a post from iMedia Connection. The bottom line is that there are still too few people that really understand the whole QR thing. The issue includes a number of factors: not everyone has a smartphone, not everyone understands what a QR code is, and not everyone has enough motivation to scan them. Details of your own experiences of QR codes to date are very welcome: PIND.Editor@gmail.com
On a wider publishing / technology issue, the Guardian asked the question last Sunday regarding smartphones for school. It is suggested, not unsurprisingly, that children’s education could improve hugely if smartphones (or tablets) were used in the classroom. With the current financial constraints this is highly unlikely, but what then will the consequences be for the UK in the international arena?
Almost finally this week, you may well be excited by a recent posting from TechCrunch which details the founding of Dropbox. Business founder Drew Houston is interviewed about his “magic folder”.
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 77. We aim to add details of our next edition this link during the course of the week. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND076
Missed Issue 75, including a look at Siri: what is your command? Then simply click here!
Issue 74: Newsstand: good for publishers?
Issue 73: iOS5 and the iPhone 4S
Issue 72: Steve Jobs obits; India
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Digital print businesses seeking “best binding” might like to note that further to recent details regarding the release of the DigiBook 300 PUR perfect binding product, UK post-press specialist Morgana has announced information regarding the first installation of this mid-range product at Concept Communications Group Ltd, Bishops Stortford.UK digital printers in the north of the country might also like to note that a collection of Morgana post-press products will be shown in action at Headingley, Leeds, on November 16 and 17. Register now to reserve your place at this Evolution roadshow, dedicated to digital print production.Elsewhere in the world of digital print, Kodak would appear to be doing well in the with regard to its printing-based products, even if the business still appears to be struggling in other areas of activity. Even the BBC highlights a potential cash crisis if the proposed sale of patents fails.
The changing face of advertising has been highlighted by our chums at Mashable in a post focused on the recent Advertising Week held in New York City.
At the other end of the publishing market, a new web site has been making the headlines this week. Unbound.co.uk aims to provide snippets of books to allow readers to decide for themselves which books are published. Take a look at the site and this BBC link for more details on this ground-breaking concept.Publishers might also like to take a look at the QR code from a different angle: “Why the QR code is failing” is the title of a post from iMedia Connection. The bottom line is that there are still too few people that really understand the whole QR thing. The issue includes a number of factors: not everyone has a smartphone, not everyone understands what a QR code is, and not everyone has enough motivation to scan them. Details of your own experiences of QR codes to date are very welcome: PIND.Editor@gmail.com
On a wider publishing / technology issue, the Guardian asked the question last Sunday regarding smartphones for school. It is suggested, not unsurprisingly, that children’s education could improve hugely if smartphones (or tablets) were used in the classroom. With the current financial constraints this is highly unlikely, but what then will the consequences be for the UK in the international arena?Almost finally this week, you may well be excited by a recent posting from TechCrunch which details the founding of Dropbox. Business founder Drew Houston is interviewed about his “magic folder”.
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 77. We aim to add details of our next edition this link during the course of the week. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and click here for the GenesisNews Print Daily – you can even take out a free subscription for this daily news update on print, publishing, packaging and associated technology!
PIND076
Missed Issue 75, including a look at Siri: what is your command? Then simply click here!
Issue 74: Newsstand: good for publishers?
Issue 73: iOS5 and the iPhone 4S
Issue 72: Steve Jobs obits; India
Get Your Print News Every Day!
Got friends that might like GenesisNews? Tweet them now: click here!
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