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Should you be getting an e-reader for the planet's sake? I'd always thought not, but a new study has made me think again
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My commute these days is a bit longer than it used to be, but involves a lot of standing, especially on cramped trains and tubes. That makes it hard to read a book, doubly so if it’s a hardback. So I decided to see what it was like to read a book off a screen.
links for 2010-03-13
on 13 March, 2010
links for 2010-03-09
on 9 March, 2010
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We've been dying to know more about Microsoft's Courier tablet / e-book device ever since we first caught wind of it last September, and while our entreaties to Mr. Ballmer went unanswered, we just learned some very interesting information from an extremely trusted source.
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UK literary agents and authors have been approached directly to sell e-book rights to Amazon as it builds its Kindle e-book arsenal ahead of the UK launch of the iPad. US e-book publishers including Rosetta Books are also approaching UK agents and authors to buy backlist e-book rights, with Rosetta favouring an exclusive Amazon deal as part of the package.
links for 2010-03-08
on 8 March, 2010
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Apple's iPad tablet computer will hit the shelves in the UK in late April, almost a month after US users will be able to get their hands on the company's latest device,
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An Aptara survey of more than 300 U.S. publishers across the Trade, Professional and Educational markets reveals that a significant percentage of publishers are missing the opportunity to capitalize on the increasing market momentum of eBooks.
links for 2010-03-06
on 6 March, 2010
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The 4.2 inch screens are a whopping 93 percent larger than those of the Nintendo DS Lite, the displays are beautifully bright and glossy and the combination of matt underside and gloss cover is a perfect marriage of style and gripping power. But will you be forking out the required £160 for a DS upgrade today?
links for 2010-03-03
on 3 March, 2010
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As the race to be be ebook format of choice hots up, Penguin is making some bold, experimental bets. These first-look demos of forthcoming books from iPad’s iBook Store, presented by Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson in London on Tuesday, give an idea how publishers might approach Apple’s tablet…
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After the events of the past several weeks, I have been in touch with many of you. It has become clear to me that there is far too little accurate information available in this time of unprecedented change. The issues we all face together are complex, and no news story or 140-character snippet can adequately address them. Therefore, I propose to write you occasionally, when I get a sense that there is a need for direct information.
links for 2010-02-20
on 20 February, 2010
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Last week Jeremy Clark from Adobe and I unveiled the first glimpse of the Wired Reader at TED. Above, you’ll see a video, narrated by Jeremy and Wired Creative Director Scott Dadich, who led our tablet team, that shows more. It explains why the tablet is such a groundbreaking opportunity for magazines such as ours.
Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/the-wired-ipad-app-a-video-demonstration/#ixzz0fzE8OgfY
links for 2010-02-13
on 13 February, 2010
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I’ve kept my mouth shut about the iPad on here, mostly because I have the good sense to not go off half-cocked and pontificate at length about a product I’ve not been able to play with myself (hurr hurr). The rest of the internet, apparently, has no such misgivings.
links for 2010-02-12
on 12 February, 2010
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The excerpt from Apple reads: “The iBooks app is a great new way to read and buy books. Download the free app from the App Store and buy everything from classics to best sellers from the built-in iBookstore.”
