Over on Wired David Piece asks the same slightly ridiculous question outside pundits ask every so often: why Amazon has failed to change books as an...Continue reading
Between its strips on kerning, dates, and diacritics, the webcomic xkcd has shown itself to be adept at poking fun at bad formatting. Today the webcomic turned its attention to...Continue reading
Every so often Amazon decides to crack down on violations of some rule in its voluminous ToS or Kindle publishing guidelines, or even just because readers...Continue reading
An old story cropped up yesterday as “new” news when it may be anything but. According to one of my competitors: Starting February 3, 2016 Amazon...Continue reading
Several days ago Amazon released a new version of the Kindle app for iPad and iPhone which added a new font (Bookerly), hyphenation, and all around...Continue reading
The latest edition of UI guru Jakob Nielsen’s newsletter showed up in my inbox this morning, and it focuses on a topic near and dear to my heart: ebook...Continue reading
Ever wonder why the ebook you’re reading on a Kindle rarely looks as nice as the edition? Computerphile sat down with Professor Steven Bagley of the...Continue reading
Publishers like to justify their ridiculous ebook prices by claiming to offer great value for the price. I’m sure that’s what Hachette was thinking when they...Continue reading