by Joel Friedlander | Mar 17, 2011 | Book Design, E-Books & Readers
For some time we’ve been moaning about how bad most ebooks look, the poor typography, the feeble attempts to make ebooks look like printed books, which they do not resemble in any meaningful way. The litany of complaints from typographers and book designers...
by Joel Friedlander | Mar 2, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
Amazon’s Kindle format continues to be the most popular way to buy ebooks. It has spread thanks to the introduction of Kindle apps for almost every platform including mobile operating systems. You can literally buy, download and read books from the Kindle store...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 28, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
You can’t imagine Captain Kirk (of Star Trek fame) going anywhere without his communicator, can you? One device, so many uses. I was a kid who loved science fiction and tales of the possible future, and the communicator was a dream that wouldn’t die....
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 3, 2011 | E-Books & Readers, Self-Publishing
It was an unusual news day, even without the events on the other side of the world: Seth Godin’s Domino Project Announces its First Title Since throwing the traditional publishing industry under the bus, Godin has been percolating his new venture, The Domino...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 28, 2010 | E-Books & Readers
This is the time of year when newspapers, magazines, blogs and TV shows line up their “best of the year” programs to fill the space between Christmas and New Year. Well, we’re no different over here at the Book Designer. But looking back over the...