I Wouldn’t Read Too Much Into That Quartz Article About Liquavista Screen Tech
There's an article over on the Quartz website that has been getting a lot of attention this last week - much to my dismay. The article,...Continue reading
Category: DeBunking
Debunked: Amazon, Kobo and Sony DIDN’T Request eReaders be Exempt from Accessibility Laws
Did you catch the story that was posted over at MobileRead yesterday about the major ereader companies trying to get out of complying with accessibility laws?...Continue reading
WSJ Claims Apple is Working on an iPad Maxi – I Still Say No
Remember that rumor that came out of Korea in early June about Apple supposedly working on a 12.9" iPad? The WSJ is reviving the rumor and...Continue reading
The Guardian Discovers That Amazon Wants to Make Money on Books And Does Not Approve
There seems to have been a flare up these past few weeks of the belief that Amazon, a for-profit corporation, is evil for wanting to make...Continue reading
Did Wired Prove a Connection Between Browser Tabs and Battery Life? I’m Not So Sure
There's a new article over on the Wired website yesterday that claims to prove a connection between the dozens tabs many people like to have open...Continue reading
Author Solutions Rep Claims Its Critics Are Being Sued for Racketeering, Insists the Company is Regulated by FCC
If you've been following digital publishing news for any length of time then you are probably aware of Author Solutions, the Random Penguin Solutions vanity press...Continue reading
Why Apple Really Wanted iBooks – An Alternate Theory (And Why Everyone is Wrong)
If you've been following the ebook news this past week then you've probably read about Apple, iBooks, and how Apple wanted to make a lot of...Continue reading
Open Question: Did the Kindle App for Win8 Stop Supporting Older Kindle eBook Formats? (Did It Ever Support Them?)
There's a story circulating today about Amazon's latest misdeed, only I am not so sure that the Satan of Seattle has actually done anything evil today....Continue reading
The Scholarly Kitchen Joins in on the Amazon Bashing
It's a sad day in the blogosphere. The Scholarly Kitchen, a blog that used to be known for the merit and quality of their posts, joined...Continue reading
Revisionist History – Salon & Amazon’s Evil eBook Motives
Amazon is an evil, evil company that is out to rule the world, Just ask the NY Times, which earlier this week claimed Amazon was evilly...Continue reading
NY Times Discovers Amazon is Trying to Make Money Selling Books – Oh The Horror
Did you catch the article in yesterday's NY Times? David Streitfeld penned a delightfully absurd anti-Amazon screed in which he tries to turn Amazon's pricing policies...Continue reading
Revisionist History: Apple’s 20% eBook Market Share in 2010
Apple has long had the ability to convince bloggers that their latest product is the most wonderful and most original and most unique thing in the...Continue reading
Once Again, Marketing is Not a Synonym for Discovery
I was reading a post over at DBW today when I noticed that someone was misusing the word discovery again: Amazon wants to take readers on...Continue reading
Bowker Reports Self-published eBooks Now 12% of eBook Sales – I’m Not So Sure
The Bookseller is reporting today that Bowker has new info on how well self-pub ebooks are doing in the UK: Self-published titles make up 12% of...Continue reading
Excerpted from The Digital Publishing Dictionary: Discovery
Discovery is a buzzword right now in digital publishing circles, with many publishers and tech companies trying to solve the "problem" of helping readers find their...Continue reading