Sarcastic Humor v. Technology
From Cracked Do you love to read books but hate reading books? Amazon.com finally has the answer for you. It’s called Kindle and it’s described as a “wireless portable reading device,” where the screen is so realistic and glare-free, it’s almost like reading a book. You can bring Kindle with you on long ...
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Ummm . . . Yeah
Evan at A Different Stripe points out a rather odd statement made by Daniel J. Kramer about the Espresso Book Machine on On the Media: “Now, instead of spending years tracking down Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, you just print it out, go home with a copy of it in your back pocket and finally read ...
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Booker Books for Everyone!
In a very interesting—and sure to be controversial—move, plans are underway to make all Booker shortlisted novels available online for free: Negotiations are under way with the British Council and publishers over digitising the novels and reaching parts – particularly in Africa and Asia – that the ...
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Harlequin is on the Cutting Edge?
From the CBC Harlequin Enterprises, the Canadian-based romance publisher, said it will make all its new titles available online for downloading. “It’s every single line, every single title, so it’s over 120 titles a month,” Malle Vallik, Harlequin’s director of digital content, told ...
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Another Day, Another Future of the Book Post
I just got this in my e-mail from the Japanese Writers’ House This September, Chûkei Publishing is beginning a new venture called “Internet Book Service,” in which readers who purchase new printed editions will also have access to electronic versions. Chûkei is also starting a new service called ...
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Coming: The Googlization of Everything
I’m a huge fan of Google—especially of the Google Reader, which has revolutionized the way I use the internet—but even so, am really interested in this project that was just announced on if:book. We’re just a couple of days away from launching what promises to be one of our most important projects ...
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The Neverending Debate about the E-Book
Joe Wikert has an interesting post today about the iPhone, its price drop, and the way in which people get jacked about Apple’s “revolutions” in ways that they never do about eReaders. Even those of us who aren’t Apple fans marvel when Steve Jobs announces the next big thing; it’s guaranteed ...
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