[This article was originally published in the March 2012 issue of News on Bookselling, the magazine of the Australian Booksellers Association.] This year will mark the fifth anniversary of Amazon’s… Read more >
March 26, 2012 analysis, ebook formats, ePub, iPad, Kindle 3 Read more >
Apple made several announcements yesterday which can drive the textbook’s digital transformation — or, in Steve Jobs’ more colourful phrase, its “digital destruction”. My pick is that this will be… Read more >
January 21, 2012 Apple, copyright, ebook formats, Educational publishing, iOS, iPad 2 Read more >
When Apple took its heavy-handed action against retailers last month, stopping them selling from within iPad and iPhone apps, those retailers were inevitably going to search for ways to avoid… Read more >
August 11, 2011 Amazon, app development, app store, Apple, iOS, iPad, Kindle 1 Read more >
When the mightiest online retailer in the world, Amazon, has to bow to Apple’s demands and cut ties to its ebookstore in the Kindle app, we know we’re facing a big… Read more >
July 27, 2011 app store, Apple, bookselling, business, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo, news 10 Read more >
[Updated 26 July, 9:42am. I’ve just received an email from Kobo about the changes to its service. Included in the email is the note that, “Any books you buy on Kobo.com… Read more >
I went to update the Kobo app on my iPad this morning but stopped when I saw what has changed. The main reason for the update is to cut access to the… Read more >
July 25, 2011 Apple, bookselling, Google eBooks, iOS, iPad, iphone, Kindle, kobo 7 Read more >
Apple has announced the first update to its hugely successful iPad. Billed by most commentators as an incremental rather than major upgrade, it sports dual cameras (front and rear) to… Read more >
Apple has given in to developer pressure and done a major about-face with changes to its App Store developer licence terms. Big winners: Adobe and thousands of publishers and developers… Read more >
September 10, 2010 Adobe, app development, app store, Apple, iOS, iPad, iphone 0 Read more >
Adobe has produced this video to whet our appetites for what’s coming later this year via its Digital Magazine Solution. It makes production of slick, interactive digital magazines like Wired… Read more >
July 20, 2010 Adobe, iPad, iphone, magazines, smartphones, tablets 1 Read more >
As Apple sells its three millionth iPad, a round of double-digit price cuts has hit most major ebook readers this week. Amazon dropped the price of its Kindle almost 30%… Read more >
June 23, 2010 Amazon, ebook readers, iPad, Kindle 2 Read more >