mediabistro.com: GalleyCat says:
Many worry that the digital book revolution will rob readers of the tactile pleasures of print book. Now 21st Century readers can completely circumnavigate the whole aesthetic conundrum.
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Posted on 08 Feb 2010 around 9am • Tagged with: eBooks | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
The Wall Street Journal reports that HarperCollins has been in talks with Apple to provide enhanced ebook content for the hotly anticipated Apple tablet computer. Apple won't comment, but HarperCollins says that the ebooks will retail for more than the $9.99 that many ebooks retail for on Amazon.com's Kindle. The enhanced books will feature author interviews and other content.
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Posted on 05 Feb 2010 around 9am • Tagged with: eBooks | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
Mike Cane writes: and I agree
Steve Jobs hates ePub. He hates eBooks.
How can anyone with his refined sense of taste not hate them?
They’re an abomination. A tasteless — and incompetent — techie committee solution to electronic books.
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Posted on 03 Feb 2010 around 10am • Tagged with: eBooks | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
Textbook Firms Ink E-Deals For iPad — Major textbook publishers have struck deals with software company ScrollMotion Inc. to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page, as the industry embraces a hope that digital devices such as Apple Inc.'s iPad will transform the classroom.
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Posted on 03 Feb 2010 around 10am • Tagged with: eBooks | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
Kassia Krozser says:
Short answer: nobody knows.
Longer answer: the magic elixir publishers are injecting into ebooks in hopes they will entice people to pay higher prices.
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Posted on 03 Feb 2010 around 10am • Tagged with: eBooks | Discuss this | Permanent link to this article
