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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?" <b>Bethanie Blanchard</b> discusses.

E-publishing and the dangers of malleability

Jan 19, 2012

Major news organisations -- think <em>NY Times</em> and <em>Wall Street Journal</em> -- 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.

Apps not just for Apple fan boys

Oct 11, 2010

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?

E-books: no pulping, no typos, no end in sight

May 26, 2010

<em>Crikey</em> 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.

The David Campbell saga

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

May 24, 2010

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?

Thodey’s vision for a hand-held broadband video future

May 21, 2010

Microsoft has stopped developing its "Courier" tablet, according to inside sources, allowing Apple's iPad to go unchallenged in the e-Reader marketplace.

Microsoft gives up on its iPad killer

Apr 30, 2010

Author <b>Steven Berlin Johnson</b>'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.

Two paths for the future of text

Apr 28, 2010

Authors shouldn't just think of the iPad as another place to publish their books, says <b>Cody Brown</b>: they should see it as an opportunity to communicate their stories and messages in new, "mind-blowing" ways.

Why authors should write apps, not e-books

Apr 13, 2010

E-books on the iPad probably <em>will</em> replace real books, says <b>Paul Carr</b>, but it's a shame, because everyone will be too distracted with Flight Control and Twitter to actually read them.

How the iPad will kill reading

Apr 12, 2010

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.

Will iPad kill Google?

Apr 08, 2010

The iPad divides like no other technological device, writes <b>David Pogue</b>. All the tech nerds hate it while everyone else loves it. Meaning, two reviews are needed to properly cover it. Which one suits you?

One iPad review for techies, one for everyone else

Apr 01, 2010

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.

Will e-Readers kill the book cover?

Apr 01, 2010

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