Tag Archives: ebooks

On making ebook piracy inevitable

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Jeff

Simon & Schus­ter have announced that they will be delay­ing the ebook releases of at least 35 of their big name releases in 2010. Doyce Tester­man has said pretty much what I have to say on the mat­ter, so why don’t … Con­tinue read­ing →

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How to read a book on your phone

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Jeff

I’ve writ­ten a lot about ebooks over the years, but very lit­tle on what makes them read­able. That’s unfor­tu­nate, since the defaults you get with almost every ebook reader pro­vide a sub-​optimal expe­ri­ence. Every time I hear some­one say, “I tried read­ing a book … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Mainstream media admits ebooks to become, uh, mainstream

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Jeff

It’s get­ting really hard to deny my Cas­san­dra Com­plex. This sounds an awful lot like what I wrote back in 2000 (yes, nine gor­ram years ago): Peo­ple are already cir­cum­vent­ing all this by self-​publishing. The self-​publishing indus­try is the only area … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Maybe if it weren’t so freaking ugly

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Jeff

With Amazon’s Jeff Bezos push­ing the Kin­dle like it’s chicken-​fried Jesus and media heavy­weights like Oprah on board, ebooks are finally get­ting some respect in the main­stream media. Per­haps with Oprah’s help and a new and improved ver­sion due next year, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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