Ed Dale's Blog

Stock Talk: Why Apple’s textbook announcement matters
http://www.imore.com/2012/01/20/stock-talk-apples-textbook-announcement-matters/

If Apple can create an amazing reason for every school-aged child to have an iPad for school books, those kids will quickly start using the devices for everything else. Getting kids hooked on Apple is great for long term shareholders.

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Publisher Touts 20-Point Boost in Student Performance with Textbooks for iPad
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/20/publisher-touts-20-point-boost-in-student-performance-with-textbooks-for-ipad/

In an attempt to assess the effect of iPad textbooks on student performance, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) performed a year-long pilot program using an iPad version of the company’s Algebra 1 textbook for middle school students. The study, conducted at Amelia Earhart Middle School in Riverside, California, saw 78% students taking the course using the iPad textbook rank as “Proficient” or “Advanced” in the subject, compared to only 58% of students using the traditional print textbook.

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Sent from my 20 point grade increasing iPad

$100k In Digital Book Profits In 3 Weeks | No Publisher Needed
http://www.nopublisherneeded.com/100k-in-digital-book-profits-in-3-weeks/

One hundred grand. That’s how much I’ve made on Amazon in the last three weeks.

This is just for my self-pubbed Kindle titles. It doesn’t include Shaken and Stirred, which were published by Amazon’s imprints. It doesn’t include any of my legacy sales, print or ebook. It doesn’t include audiobook sales. It doesn’t include sales from other platforms.

This is from my self-pubbed books. The ones the Big 6 rejected.

Are you smelling what the ROCK is cooking….