Archive : Ebooks

Al Gore’s Our Choice will change the way we read books. And quite possibly change the world. In this interactive app, Al Gore surveys the causes of global warming and presents groundbreaking insights and solutions already under study and underway that can help stop the unfolding disaster of global warming. Our Choice melds the vice president’s... Read More »

The Attorney General for the State of Connecticut has launched an investigation into the eBook market, targeting Apple and Amazon for deals they are striking with publishers to ensure favorable pricing. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal argues that the deals prevent other marketplaces from offering even lower prices, hampering competition. Both... Read More »

In the spring Hachette Book Group called its version, by David Baldacci, an “enriched” book. Penguin Group released an “amplified” version of a novel by Ken Follett last week. And on Thursday Simon & Schuster will come out with one of its own, an “enhanced” e-book version of “Nixonland” by Rick Perlstein. All of them go beyond... Read More »

Not interested in paying $4.99 for an issue of a magazine on your iPad? Well, Time Inc. execs don’t seem to be too keen on the idea either. As Peter Kafka of All Things Digital reports, Time was planning to launch a subscription version of its Sports Illustrated iPad app last month in which you’d pay Time directly, but Apple apparently... Read More »

iBooks has received an important update today. The most important changes, fixes and enhancements are: - Double-tap an image within a book to view it in greater detail. - Experience books that include audio and video. - enjoy substantial performance improvements when reading PDFs. - Look-up definitions to English words inside books without a specified... Read More »

Reading ebooks was one of the main reasons I bought my iPad. I know I’m probably in a minority of iPad owners in that I use it as an ereader for over 50% of the time. I’ve had a series of Sony ereaders in the past and enjoyed them – for the one-trick ponies they were. As soon as I saw the iPad could serve as a multi-function ereader, I was... Read More »