Category: Digital Publishing

• Sharing my love for Product Hunt

  The strap line of Product Hunt is “the best new products, everyday”. Product Hunt is a site dedicated to “sharing new, interesting products” and I found over the last few months that it does exactly what it says on the tin: A community around cool products – The main concept for the guys who started Product…

  marcabraham

  August 29, 2014

  Digital Publishing, Gamification, Online Trends, Product Management, Startups

  gadgets, gamification, productmanagement, startup

• Why ‘single purpose’ apps are en vogue

  As I’m currently investigating how to best simplify the ways in which user discover new content – as part of my day job as a product manager at Beamly – I have been thinking more about so-called ‘simple purpose apps’. The words ‘single purpose’ indicate that the apps focus on a singular user ‘job’ (I’ve written about ‘jobs’…

  marcabraham

  June 5, 2014

  Digital Publishing, Mobile, Online Trends, Product Management, Social Media, Technology, User Experience

  cross-platform, design, socialmedia, strategy

• Barnes & Noble doesn’t only do books and tablets, it also does recommendations

  I’m always intrigued to find out how digital businesses tackle the issue of user engagement through tailored recommendations. Content providers like Netflix and Amazon notoriously spend a lot of money and effort into their recommendation engines and it was interesting to find about how Barnes & Noble (‘B&N’) are now handling recommendations through their latest “NOOK” device.…

  marcabraham

  December 18, 2012

  Amazon, Digital Content, Digital Publishing, Digital Strategy, eCommerce

  Amazon, book, content, eCommerce, recommendations, Tablet

• Understanding more about Amazon Cloud Player and storing music in the cloud

  Last week saw the UK launch of Amazon’s Cloud Player, a service enabling Amazon users to play their music stored in the cloud (through Amazon’s Cloud Drive) from any computer or Android device connected to the Internet. The service was launched in the US back in July, and now Amazon’s UK customers will be able…

  marcabraham

  September 28, 2012

  Amazon, Cloud, Digital Content, Digital Publishing, Music, Online Trends

  Amazon, Cloud, Music, streaming

• Will Bardowl become the Spotify for audiobooks?

  I recently came across Bardowl, a British startup that is looking to become the ‘Spotify for audiobooks’. Bardowl provides a streaming service for audiobooks, currently only available as an iPhone app. This new service is looking to upset established audiobook download business Audible (owned by Amazon). How is Bardowl looking to do this? Streaming – Bardowl streams audiobooks directly…

  marcabraham

  August 14, 2012

  Digital Publishing, Startups

  Amazon, book, ebooks, startup, streaming