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The E-Book in 2020: What’s On Your Wishlist?

by Joel Friedlander on June 24, 2010 14 Comments

The E-Book in 2020 may look very different than it does now. Like television, ebooks may become vastly more capable and more convenient in the future. A variety of interactive and connective functions may be added to the reading experience, transforming it.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers Tagged With: Apple iPad, ebook, ePub, iPad, iPad fonts

Wired Magazine and VQR: 2 Ways to iPad

by Joel Friedlander on June 10, 2010 24 Comments

Wired Magazine and Virginia Quarterly Review brought out issues for the Apple iPad, each using the technology and iPad fonts in completely different ways. One is slick, ad-heavy and full of multi-media gizmos, the other offers a quiet, rich reading experience.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers Tagged With: Apple iPad, iPad, iPad fonts, iPad typography, Virginia Quarterly Review, VQR, Wired Magazine

Apple iPad Chronicles: 5 Apps for Self-Publishers

by Joel Friedlander on June 7, 2010 31 Comments

Apple’s iPad is a versatile computer accessory for consuming content. We try to find productivity apps that self-publishers can use, including Pages, Evernote, Dropbox, Atomic Web Browser and Goodreader, each of which fills a specific need.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Social Media Tagged With: Apple iPad, apps, Atomic Web Browser, Dropbox, Evernote, Goodreader, iPad, Pages, self publishers

Managing Your eBook Library with Calibre

by Joel Friedlander on May 31, 2010 15 Comments

Calibre provides a robust suite of services to help manage your ebook library, subscribe to news feeds, and perform conversion and syncing to mobile devices. And it’s open source software, with expanding support from a large user community around the world.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers Tagged With: Apple iPod, Calibre, conversion, ebook formats, eBooks, ePub, PDF

Apple iPad, the New Mall of America?

by Joel Friedlander on May 28, 2010 8 Comments

Apple’s iPad is a revolutionary computer accessory ideal for consuming content, consuming digital products and, eventually, for targeted direct marketing. It’s seductive interface and the simplicity of its operation may lead it to wide adoption and use in mass marketing.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers Tagged With: Apple iPad, direct marketing, Dominique Raccah, Guy Kawasaki, iBooks, Michael N. Marcus

Books on the iPad’s iBookstore

by Joel Friedlander on May 25, 2010 42 Comments

There are now many ways for self-publishers to get into the Apple iBookstore for the iPad. Unfortunately, the ebooks haven’t gotten any better. A look at different iBooks and a comparison to Kindle’s ebooks and a printed book are shown.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Apple iPad, iBookstore, iPad fonts, iPad typography, Kindle for iPad, self publishers

MyPad

by Joel Friedlander on May 22, 2010 34 Comments

Inserting the Apple iPad, the agency model, the iBookstore and Apple’s market-changing magin into the middle of the crumbling structure of book publishing and distribution may have a huge impact. Stay tuned.

Filed Under: E-Books & Readers, Social Media Tagged With: Apple iPad, iPad fonts, iPad typography

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