E-publishing and the dangers of malleabilityWith 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.
E-readers
Apps not just for Apple fan boys
Major news organisations — think NY Times and Wall Street Journal — are busy building software applications for Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab, the iPad’s next big competitor. It’ll run on Google Android, meaning that one app should work on several different upcoming tablets.
E-books: no pulping, no typos, no end in sight
Pulping and reprinting are costly issues in book publishing. Hence the joy that e-readers bring, with the ability to easily download updates for book stuff ups. But what are the drawbacks?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The David Campbell saga
Crikey readers weigh in in the David Campbell saga: was Seven write to spill it? Plus, the joy of e-readers and SBS silence their subtitlers.
Thodey’s vision for a hand-held broadband video future
In Telstra chief David Thodey’s digital future, nearly everyone over the age of 10 has one or two devices for interacting with the internet. An enthusiastic CEO will help keep the investors interested — but for how long?
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Microsoft gives up on its iPad killer
Microsoft has stopped developing its “Courier” tablet, according to inside sources, allowing Apple’s iPad to go unchallenged in the e-Reader marketplace.
must read Two paths for the future of text
Author Steven Berlin Johnson’s excellent take on how the great minds of the 17th and 18th century compiled their favourite passages of text, and what it means for journalism today.
Why authors should write apps, not e-books
Authors shouldn’t just think of the iPad as another place to publish their books, says Cody Brown: they should see it as an opportunity to communicate their stories and messages in new, “mind-blowing” ways.
How the iPad will kill reading
E-books on the iPad probably will replace real books, says Paul Carr, but it’s a shame, because everyone will be too distracted with Flight Control and Twitter to actually read them.
Will iPad kill Google?
Screw Microsoft, the biggest worry for Google is Apple and its iPad. Why? Because when you play online with your iPad or iPhone — reading newspapers, checking the weather etc — you use apps, not Google.
One iPad review for techies, one for everyone else
The iPad divides like no other technological device, writes David Pogue. All the tech nerds hate it while everyone else loves it. Meaning, two reviews are needed to properly cover it. Which one suits you?
Will e-Readers kill the book cover?
How can we judge a book by its cover if it doesn’t have one? As the book industry goes digital, we will no longer have images of exploding buildings and heaving bosoms to guide our literary choices.
Former VP: How Microsoft lost its cool
Microsoft has truckloads of cash, employs some of the smartest people on Earth, and, until recently, completely dominated the computer industry. So how come it didn’t invent the iPad, iPod, BlackBerry or Kindle? Former VP Dick Brass explains.
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The new economics of book publishing explained
For anyone confused by all the hype about e-readers and the “digital revolution” in the book publishing world, this article breaks it down perfectly: how Amazon makes money with the Kindle, how Apple will from the iPad, and why publishers are pissed off.
Kohler: The iPad is a huge disappointment
Apple’s new Jesus tablet is not the media’s messiah, says Alan Kohler. With no camera, no video conferencing, no flash and no multi-tasking, it’s a big let-down after all the hype.
E-Day looms for book publishers
The power relationship between authors and publishers is set to change fundamentally with the coming e-publishing revolution, writes Michael R. James.
It’s called iPad, and the Kindle is rooted
2009 wasn’t just the year of the ebook reader. 2009 was the only year of the ebook reader. Goodbye Kindle, hello iPad.
E-books: publishers need to get with the program
Book publishers been twiddling their thumbs on e-books for years, but the success of Amazon’s Kindle and the looming Apple Tablet is about to force their hands, writes Mark Davis.
How to write a best-seller: give it away free
The best-selling e-Books aren’t necessarily the ones penned by big-name authors or showered in awards: they’re the ones that don’t cost anything. Heaving bosoms and lusty vampires don’t hurt “sales”, either.
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The Apple Tablet: it’s a giant iPhone
AppleInsider claims to have the inside scoop on the most hyped product of the millennium, the Apple Tablet/Slate/Pad/whiz-bang-eReader-thingo: it’s basically a really big, flat iPhone.
Gawker: We’ll pay $100k for an Apple Tablet
Media gossip site Gawker is sick of the endless speculation and rumours about Apple’s Jesus Reader, and is offering $100,000 for a chance to play with one for an hour.
Can the iTablet do to publishing what the iPod did to music?
There’s a million questions floating around about Apple’s new secret tablet, from how much control will Apple have to whether it will revolutionise the publishing industry. Macworld attempts to predict the future.
Why Murdoch and Google are fighting on the same side
Contrary to popular belief, Rupert Murdoch and Google aren’t at odds over their visions for the future of the news, says Mark Day: both know a big game changer is looming in the near future, and it’s called the e-Reader.
Big on the Web in 2010
Mashable’s Pete Cashmore predicts the 10 big Web trends for 2010: more geolocation, more real-time news, internet TV, and a move away from e-Readers. Ooh, controversial!
Murdoch’s bold new world of journalism
Rupert Murdoch gave a speech on Tuesday that gives a few more hints as to how he sees the future of news businesses, including further information about the News Limited e-reader plans.
