by Joel Friedlander | Aug 3, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Last week I read an interesting post by Chris Brogan about Amazon’s continuing march toward distribution dominance. (Amazon and the Kindle Conspiracy) Chris knows what he’s talking about, and I learn a lot from his writing. (By the way, don’t miss...
by Joel Friedlander | Jul 21, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Social Media
We had some friends over for dinner last week, another chance to fire up the grill. After dinner the fellow looked straight at me, and said “I’m not leaving until you show me your iPad.” Then this past weekend another friend was over, a real...
by Joel Friedlander | Jun 29, 2010 | E-Books & Readers, Reviews, Self-Publishing
About a month ago I came across the software Storyist for the first time. I was taken by Storyist’s idiosyncratic interface and knew right away that it had to be the work of a single individual. You don’t often get quirky hybrid software from a committee....
by Joel Friedlander | May 28, 2010 | E-Books & Readers
The iPad has sold over 1 million units in just the first few weeks since it has come out. Competitors were caught unaware. They were expecting a machine that did half as much, at twice the price. Hewlett Packard, who had been touting their own tablet (the Slate),...
by Joel Friedlander | May 18, 2010 | Marketing, Self-Publishing
Aggregators—people or companies who gather material into a whole for another purpose, or as representatives of all the parts of the whole—are in new prominence. Particularly with Apple’s iBookstore, a new retail location of incredible potential. But...