New York Times covers reader reactions to Amazon price increase
The New York Times has an article covering the implications of the impending agency pricing model for book sales. It mentions the one-star ratings that have shown up when e-book editions have been...
View ArticleConcentration by Court Merrigan
Chris Meadows recently wrote on the sapping of our attention spans. In between clicks away to gmail, Facebook, and Chris’s own links, I was just able to read through to the end, and the comments after....
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Libertary – Site Providing Free Online Reading
Libertary: Freedom Of The Book This looks to be a fairly new site because their collection is still small. They have fiction and non-fiction books, so far most are non-fiction. You can read online for...
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Manybooks.net Adds QR Codes
Manybooks.net QR Codes This is for people reading on mobile phones. Go to the website for more information and links. A QR code is a two-dimensional bar code that works as a convenient way to “tag”...
View ArticleChinese survey on reading – newspapers down, digital reading up
According to the Global Times, the 7th annual National Reading Survey canvassed 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and covered over 19,000 readers. It round that newspaper reading...
View ArticleiPad and elderly people
When I came across this post on Teleread I was intrigued as I have been trying to convince my grandparents to try to use a computer for some time. When I was back home for Xmas I even connected my...
View ArticleiPhone/iPad e-book app review: BookShelf
The last few e-readers I’ve reviewed have been corporate-, or at least company-created—crafted by teams of developers, with a very smooth and polished look to them and, with the exception of eReader,...
View ArticleDigital Writing and Pedagogy: How Do We Teach, What Do We Teach by Matt Hayler
I was lucky enough today to speak at a conference on Teaching Digital Writing, run by the Higher Education Academy’s English Subject Centre. What follows is that talk in full, and it draws on a number...
View ArticleReading on an iPad in before you go to sleep can keep you awake
That’s what this article in the LA Times tech blog says, and on pretty good authority too. Evidently light emitting devices like a cellphone or the iPad can cause the inhibition of the body’s secretion...
View ArticleResisting DRM: Doctorow on the iPad, ‘Sita’ and Netflix
Here are a couple of stories related to taking a stand on principles concerning DRM: In Cory Doctorow’s latest editorial for Publishers Weekly, Doctorow sets his sights on the iPad and bangs the “DRM...
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