Epub vs. Print
Scott Edelman's post about twittering at ReaderCon reminded me of something I wanted to make clear. At the panel on online vs print, people were talking about the "things you can do online that you...
View ArticleThe State of Ebook Readers July 24th, 2009
You may recall that back in May at BEA I was told by the makers of BeBook that their $200 BeBook Mini eBook reader would be available at the "end of June". It's now almost the end of July with no...
View ArticleSony's New Readers and Library Announcement
Sony had a big press conference today, not only for the new regular ($200) and touch-screen ($300) ebook readers already announced, but also for a big new $400 touch-screen reader with always-on 3G...
View ArticleThe Nook's Most Important Feature is Epub Compatibility
I've seen a lot of articles on line about the various features of the Nook device, but most of them seem to bury the news that it's Epub-compatible, if they mention it at all. But Epub...
View ArticleThe Atlantic is Publishing Two Stories a Month -- But Only for the Kindle
Like many, I was sad when the Atlantic decided some years ago to stop publishing monthly fiction, making the number of magazines paying real money for short fiction countable on the fingers of one...
View ArticleThe iPad is NOT a Kindle (or Nook) Killer
The iPad is basically a big iPod Touch with optional 3G internet, optional external keyboard and the ability to use iWork. It has access to an Apple ebook store, which is nice, but because it runs...
View ArticleStanza Ebook App No Longer Available on iTunes
Apparently, Stanza for iPhone/iPod Touch, the best ebook reading software I've ever used, is no longer available. Suspicions point to Amazon (whose Kindle app for the iPhone/iPod Touch is the WORST...
View ArticleA Brief Note on the State of eBook Readers
So Kindle just announced a $139 wifi ereader along with their new $189 3G Kindle model. This competes with the Nook's $150 wifi and $199 3G readers, the price just enough lower to be giving B&N the...
View ArticleFuck Amazon.com
If you weren't yet aware, Amazon is a fucking evil empire and they need to fucking go to hell. Here is some reading on the topic:The Author's Guild on Amazon and it's Monopolistic practices.Also,...
View ArticleWhy Amazon Wins
Remember not so long ago I complained about Amazon's ebook download links disappearing? Well, they're back; I can download my Kindle books form the website again, just in time for my employer to be...
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