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Brave New Booksellers: How Digitalization has made Self-Publishing Viable for Writers

March 6, 2017 By Bennett Voyles

Over the past two years, the Big Five publisher’s share of the e-book market on Amazon has dropped from 43% to roughly 23%. Publishers Weekly’s Apple iBook Bestseller list also includes self-published authors: on the Feb. 17 list, three of the top ten best sellers were self-published. As these numbers suggest, digitalization is not just changing which books reach the market, but how they are put together. For writers, choosing independent publication is no longer the shameful last resort it once was, and for average writers, this path raises the odds of success from nil to slim.

Filed Under: All Articles, Culture, Digital Economy Tagged With: Amazon, E-Books, Kindle, self-publishing

Brave New Booksellers: The Rise of E-Reading

February 20, 2017 By Bennett Voyles

Digitalization has changed book reading, book production and book marketing, and it may ultimately even change the nature of books. Amazon’s Kindle e-reader sold out in 5.5 hours after it was first released in November 2007 and remained out of stock until April 2008. All over the world, a similar shift has been underway—slower in markets where bookstores and book sales are regulated, such as France and Germany; faster in more open markets, such as China, where more than 2 million digital book titles are now available and nearly half of all books sold are sold online. Yet surprisingly, most book buyers still end up with print books.

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, Technology Tagged With: Amazon, Kindle, Online Shopping

Don Tapscott on Digital Disruption

April 13, 2015 By Neelima Mahajan

The Digital Economy warrants a fundamentally new social contract, says Don Tapscott, a leading expert on business and technology issues

Filed Under: All Articles, Conversations, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Society, Technology, The Thinker Interview Tagged With: Amazon, Business Models, crowdsourcing, Digital Economy, Google, Internet, Slider

Why E-commerce Alone Won’t Save the Chinese Retail Industry

January 28, 2015 By Major Tian

CKGSB Professor Jack Chen on why the government should level the playing field in the Chinese retail industry

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Know China, Retail, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Amazon, Big Data, Competition, eCommerce, Investing, JD.com, Retail, Slider, Taobao, Tmall

Amazon China: A Lightweight

January 14, 2015 By Ana Swanson

Amazon China is redoubling its efforts, but will it succeed at the second attempt in the country’s hyper-competitive e-commerce sector?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Know China, Retail, Strategy Tagged With: Alibaba, Amazon, Amazon China, Competition, eBay, Free Trade Zone, Government Regulation, Kindle, Localization, Slider, Taobao

CKGSB Knowledge Winter 2014 Issue: China Embraces the Sharing Economy

December 2, 2014 By CKGSB Knowledge

The sharing economy has threatened traditional industries in the West in the last few years. Now it’s gaining a foothold in China.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, C-Suite Interview, Conversations, Digital Economy, ExpertSpeak, Innovation, Know China, Manufacturing, Marketing, Real Estate, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Amazon, CKGSB Knowledge, Digital Marketing, Gary Hamel, Innovation, Manufacturing, Property, Shanghai FTZ, Sharing Economy, Slider, Tesla

Ed Hess on Building the New Age Learning Organization

October 22, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

To stay relevant in the future, individuals need to learn much more quickly and differently. That entails a different kind of learning organization.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Q&A Tagged With: Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Entrepreneurship, Google, Leadership, Robotics, Slider

Jack Ma Picked an “Excellent Time” for the Alibaba IPO

September 25, 2014 By Major Tian

The Alibaba IPO, which debuted on the NYSE recently, has broken all sorts of records. What are its prospects going forward?

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Finance, Stock Exchange, Technology, Videos Tagged With: Alibaba IPO, Amazon, Chinese, Chinese Company, eBay, eCommerce, Investment, IPOs, Jack Ma, NYSE, Slider, Technology

Those Before Alibaba: The IPOs of Chinese Technology Companies

September 19, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan and Major Tian

A look at other significant Chinese technology companies that went public before Alibaba.

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, Finance, Infographics, Stock Exchange, Technology Tagged With: 58.com, Alibaba, Alibaba IPO, Amazon, Baidu, Cheetah Mobile, Dangdang, JD.com, Qihoo 360, Qunar, Renren, Sina, Tencent, Tudou, Weibo, Youku

Smackdown! Alibaba vs Amazon vs eBay

September 19, 2014 By Li Hui and Major Tian

Alibaba IPO: A look at China’s Alibaba vs Amazon and eBay, the two leading e-commerce companies in the US.

Filed Under: All Articles, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Infographics Tagged With: Alibaba, Alibaba IPO, Amazon, eBay, NYSE, Retail

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