With the advent of e-publishing technology comes a range of related issues such as regularly revised texts. What are the implications for books that “are never done being written?” Bethanie Blanchard discusses.
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Test-driving the new Sony e-reader
Literary blogger Angela Meyer loves the sweet stink of old books but decides they can co-exist with e-readers after test driving the new Sony Reader Pocket Edition.
The Kindle is alive and well
If you thought Apple’s iPad had seized control of the e-reader industry and obliterated the competition, think again. The Kindle is far from dead. According to new figures from Amazon, the digital reading device is actually more popular than ever.
Kobo represents a new Australian inroad to e-readers
Margaret Simons may be getting rid of her Kobo e-reader, but let’s forget about the device and look instead at the list of titles on offer, writes Tim Coronel.
Will Aussies pay for Murdoch’s news?
It’s going to be the media issue of the new decade: whether or not Rupert Murdoch can succeed in his plans to persuade newspaper readers to pay for content online. New research doesn’t look promising.
Crikey Says: No ads cause newspapers’ nightmare on E-street
Can the e-reader save newspapers and quality journalism? In a word, no.
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Brace yourself Apple nerds: iSlate set for Feb launch in Oz?
With announcements by the WSJ that the long awaited Apple tablet (either dubbed iSlate or Macbook Touch) will be unveiled later this month, an Aussie blogger is told the tablet will be in Oz this February.
VIDEO: Sports Illustrated: the fancy e-reader edition
In a clever move, Time Inc have released a video demonstrating how slick Sports Illustrated would look on a fancy tablet, where the magazine cover is a video and you can upload articles straight to your Facebook.
Why e-Readers are not the future of magazines
The Kindle and its ilk may be taking the newspaper and book worlds by storm, but they’re not going to revolutionise the way we read magazines anytime soon: the screens, formatting and lack of interactivity just aren’t up to the task.
The next big e-reader
US book retailer Barnes & Noble has launched its own e-reader. Called the “nook”, it’s a purty-lookin’ dual screen little gadget, but the real thing that sets it apart from other readers is that it lets users share e-books with each other
Arrr! Prepare ye landlubbers for book piracy
With the arrival of the Kindle around the world, the publishing industry is preparing for an onslaught of black-market e-books, as people share them illegally online. Will it be the mp3 wars all over again?
E-paper: the real “Kindle Killer”
Everyone (and by “everyone”, we mean “geeks and the media”) is fixated on what the Next Big Thing in e-readers will be. But what if e-readers aren’t the Next Big Thing at all? Check out e-paper, which allows hi-res, full-colour imagery.
Kindle not the book’s iPod moment
The release of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader in Australia has impatient early adopters crying “about time”. But don’t get too excited, says Matthia Dempsey: you may not actually be able to read anything on it.
Bye-bye Borders: the Kindle finally comes to Australia
Amazon’s heavily-hyped e-reader, the Kindle, has finally released an international version and will be available in Australia this month. Why would you want one? Imagine buying, downloading and reading a new-release book, without getting out of bed. Exactly.
Creating an iTunes for print
Magazine publishers are worried Apple’s upcoming tablet computer could do to their industry what the iPod did to music, taking away their control over the product and cutting into their profits. Can the industry band together to create a united “shop-front” as its content goes digital?
A tale of two tablets
As Apple and Microsoft race to release their own tablet computers and get a foothold in the emerging e-Reader market, new leaks and rumours reveal what each party will be offering.
leaked Microsoft’s top-secret tablet
Images and details of a new tablet computer by Microsoft have been leaked online. We won’t lie: it’s mostly interesting because Apple is also releasing one, but both could be potential “Kindle killers” in the e-reader market.
Publisher: e-readers will kill books
CEO of French publishing group Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, says digital books could kill off the market for print editions, with retailers selling electronic titles at a loss to keep prices so low, hardback books can’t compete.
Sony unveils its Kindle killer
Sony has unveiled its new e-reader, hoping to regain back some of the market from Amazon’s Kindle. It costs more, but has a touch screen and supports a more open book format. Yet Apple’s mythical iTablet — which hasn’t been made yet — is still being touted as the real potential threat. Poor Sony.
Reading by Kindle light
Will Amazon’s Kindle — and other e-readers of its ilk — spell the death of books and newspapers? WH Chong weighs in.
A news revolution in the palm of your hand
The iPhone has meant I no longer need to buy a newspaper for anything at all, says Alan Kohler, and the launch of Apple’s much-hyped new tablet computer — the iPad — may put Steve Jobs’ name alongside Johannes Gutenberg, John Walter and Giambattista Bodoni as a news revolutionary.
Australian newspapers reject Amazon’s Kindle
Tens of thousands of Americans now read their news via Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, but as Australian newspaper publishers gear up to deliver their content digitally, both Fairfax and News say they’re looking at other brands and models, with Sony and Apple;s products now more likely contenders.
Gartner predicts tech’s hot-and-not
Market research company Gartner has released their 2009 “Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies”, declaring what the next big things in tech will be — and what’s yesterday’s news. Amongst their predictions: Twitter is on the way out, e-books have hit their peak, and internet TV is on the up-and-up.
Manga on your mobile: the future of comics?
Comic books made to be read on mobile phones, e-readers and iPods are big business in Japan, but will the take off with a western audience? Big comic publishing houses like DC and Dark Horse venture into the potential goldmine — or money pit — of digital comics.
Once upon a time, books had pages and fonts
Are e-readers — like the Kindle — really the future of reading? For Nicholson Baker, words in “greenish, sickly… postmortem gray” on a screen just aren’t the same.
