The pseudonymous Data Guy was interviewed on the Self-Publishing formula podcast last Friday. If you haven't met with DG or heard how he got into confounding the legacy industry...
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Apple’s Tim Cook Interviewed on Good Morning America
Apple CEO Tim Cook was interviewed (briefly and lightly) on a morning talk show today on Apple's role in the US govt's latest ed tech initiative, ConnectED, as well...
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Telegraph: Bezos is Really a Nice Guy
In what could not possibly be a coincidence, The Telegraph published an interview yesterday where they fawned over Jeff Bezos. Unlike the NYTimes article from Saturday, the Telegraph's interview was a...
Continue readingKobo’s Tamblyn: “Our most valuable customers are people who read on both an e-ink device and on a third party device”
As a small ebook company competing in a market against 3 giant tech companies (Amazon, Apple, and Google), Kobo has had to be nimble and focus on areas where...
Continue readingStephen King on eBooks (videos)
I've just come across an old interview that revealed that Stephen King's ambivalence towards ebooks runs deeper than just a single novel. While this author has gotten a lot...
Continue readingBill Gates Doesn’t Believe Tablets Belong in the Classroom (video)
Love him or hate him, Bill Gates has been a strong influence on tech, education, and many other fields. The Chronicle posted an interview of Bill Gates yesterday, and...
Continue reading24Symbols to Focus on Spanish eBook Market First (Interview)
The newly launched ebookstore Bilbary got a lot of attention at BEA 2012 the week before last with their plans to get into ebook rentals and try other new...
Continue readingOverDrive’s Dan Stasiewski interviewed about the WIN Platform
Sue Polanski was at the ALA Conference last week and she recorded an interview Dan Stasiewski, Public Relations Manager at OverDrive. She asks Dan about the new WIN platform...
Continue readingEC Media to shift from ebook readers to Apps
EC Media, an Indian tech company, announced that they were delaying plans for their later ebook readers and will instead focus on apps. The CEO of the company, J...
Continue readingMargaret Atwood on ebooks (video)
The Big Think shot this short video of Margaret Atwood. They only ask her 3 questions, but I think it's worth a listen. She is really interesting person to...
Continue readingBEA 2010: Hanvon
Hanvon was one of the more interesting booth visits at BEA 2010. They had quite a few models on display, including their current 5" ereaders, an 8" ereader, the...
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