The Cloud Makes Global Local
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Claims that global distribution is becoming local through networks of country‑level platforms and cheap devices. Examples: Brazil distributor delivery infrastructure and a Middle East consortium of university libraries building an owned platform. Local device makers like Carbon Max Lava <$100 phones and <$150 tablets and African government‑funded e‑readers plus carrier app stores create new storefront endpoints. Publishers need cloud/SaaS systems to store and manage files, deliver to Amazon/Apple/Google and these local points, collect customer data, and support publishers large and small; Impelsys cites 300 publisher customers and multimarket deployments.
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