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In September, I had the amazing opportunity of traveling to New York for the American Booksellers Association’s (ABA) IndieCommerce Institute. Not only did I meet amazing booksellers from all over the country, but we were able to chat and compare how each store is run and bounce ideas off each other. We spent a lot [...]
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I’m not going to get into the great ebook price war of 2010. Why? I don’t have the energy. Or the desire. Or the time. If you’re interested in it, there are a plethora of great links out there. Please go read them. In the meantime, here are few interesting pieces on ebooks, piracy and [...]
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It’s been kind of quiet around here these past few days. I apologize. I was at jury duty, where I tore through Chris Anderson’s Free on my iPhone. I am back now, and regular posting will resume soon. In the meantime, do click over to the LA Times where David Ulin has accurately and succinctlysummarized [...]
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As the market for ebooks expands rapidly (Barnes & Noble jumped into the fray yesterday with its long-rumored ebook store), so do the issues the change in format presents. A few articles delve into these issues better than I could, so I’ve linked to them here: Farhad Manjoo looks at how Amazon can reach into [...]
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By now you’ve no doubt heard about Amazon’s plan to put advertisements in some ebooks. (Click here and here to read the actual patent applications. They’re really hot reads!) Anybody with an iPhone can see how this might work: it’s already working for the popular Apple App store. Want the ebook for free? Get a [...]
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Seriously. I get a sample ballot in the mail every three weeks. I’m pretty sure this time around we were deciding whether or not to forgive Manny Ramirez. How did I vote? Well, the sanctity of the voting booth is a corner stone of American democracy…so mind your own business. And also, check out these [...]
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The New York Times ran an article today about the rise of ebook piracy: For a while now, determined readers have been able to sniff out errant digital copies of titles as varied as the “Harry Potter” series and best sellers by Stephen King and John Grisham. But some publishers say the problem has ballooned [...]
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With pure Columbian coffee, Juan Valdez-style. Here are a few links. Tomorrow, perhaps, I’ll have some original thoughts to share: The Onion dissects the new textbook Kindle DX: “Not for me. Nothing beats the feeling of learning off paper.” Is the Espresso Book Machine the future of print? The machine can print any of the [...]
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Wednesday is a forlorn sort of day, wedged there, uncomfortably, between Tuesday and the rest of the week. Pity it. Here are the links: Boing Boing has a couple of good book links this morning, including Thomas Allen’s pulp cover photography art and a nice writeup about Amy Stewart’s new book, Wicked Plants (which we [...]
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