O’Reilly has announced that effective immediately they will be making 30 of their titles available in a bundle that contains a PDF, EPUB and MobiPocket edition—and all will be DRM free.
iPhone 2.0 as an E-Reader
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you probably know that Apple is set to release the new iPhone tomorrow in North America, and that along with the new device (and software upgrade for first gen iPhones/iPod Touches) comes the iTunes AppStore.
Love Is in the Hyperlink
Dual Display E-Reader
The video is a little academic but the device makes it worth taking a look. Developed by researchers at Maryland and Berkeley Universities, it’s still early days for this type of e-reader. Funny how the best way to make an e-reader is to, well, make it book-shaped. Imagine if early cars had looked like horses…
Random House, M&S, Indigo Try E-Book Giveaway
If you go to www.chapters.indigo.ca sometime before Friday, June 27th, you’ll be able to download a trio of Canadian titles for free: Paul Quarrington’s King Leary, Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness, and Peter Robinson’s Friend of the Devil. A bold move, considering that each of these are moving quite well in retail today.
WSJ and the Economics of the Kindle
In my experience, discussions around Amazon’s Kindle (and Sony’s eReader for that matter) usually involve at least one person stating that people don’t want one more gadget in their briefcases: people want one device that will do it all. Combine an eReader with a Blackberry with an iPod and you’ll capture the attention of the masses.
O'Reilly to Support EPUB
Find New Partners for Digital Initiatives
You’ve decided to adopt new digital strategy like Print-on-Demand or eBooks. Now what? How do you find the partners, vendors or service providers that will help you make it happen? O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing has set up a nifty online directory of suppliers and events that will allow you to find out who to speak with to make your move.
Jeff Bezos: Books Going the Way of the Horse (But Not the Dodo)
Amazon’s head honcho Jeff Bezos told the Wall Street Journal that a good model for understanding the future of the printed book is that of the horse-transportation method. In this day and age, horses are still perfectly good modes of transport—it’s just that the use cases of planes, trains and automobiles are, in most cases, more suitable to the desired results of the consumer.
For Those About to Tweet, We Salute You!
Okay, if you aren’t on twitter then you’re not following Tim O’Reilly as he microblogs the D: All Things Digital conference. If you were then you would have seen a short blast about stats re; The Kindle. And then you could have gone to his blog for more details. Or you can read his post here…
