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
Category: DeBunking
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
US eBook Market to Eclipse Paper Book Sales By 2017, and Other Nonsense
The tea leaf readers at PricewaterhouseCoopers are back aging this week with more predictions for the future of the ebook market. According to their latest peyote-inspired...Continue reading
Why I Don’t Think Apple Is Working on an iPad Maxi
Did you catch the rumor circulating last week about the supposed iPad Maxi? I did, but thanks to being between a couple conferences I didn't get...Continue reading
Bill McCoy is Wrong – Epub3 Isn’t Ready
There's a new article up on the PW website tonight, but I'm not sure it's worth reading. Bill McCoy, the Executive Director of the IDPF, penned...Continue reading
New Report Reaches the Obvious (And Wrong) Conclusion: There’s No Technical Justification for Incompatible eBook Formats
There's a new report out today from the EIBF, the European and International Booksellers Federation, which says that they could not find any technical reason to...Continue reading
New iPad Mini Render, Specs “Leaked” Online – They’re Fake
A new leak today shows what is reportedly the next iPad Mini, but I would bet dollars to donuts that it's not real. The Dutch gadget site...Continue reading
New Documentary Paints Google as an Evil Conspiracy to Monopolize Knowledge (video)
Have you heard about a movie called Google and the World Brain? It's a new documentary that takes aim at Google's book scanning project. As you...Continue reading
Is Amazon Working on a 10″ Kindle Fire HD? Unlikely
Cnet invented the most delicious rumor on Friday. According to an analyst who is inclined to make unsubstantiated claims, Amazon's next tablet will have a 10...Continue reading
No, WHSmith Didn’t Add DRM to Cory Doctorow’s eBooks
Did you catch the kerfluffle yesterday? In a story covered on TeleRead (and elsewhere) an indie author named Simon Royle accused the UK bookseller WHSmith of...Continue reading
Want Siri to to Turn Your eBooks into Audiobooks? Sorry, Macworld’s Trick Can’t Do That
There's a really cool post over at Macworld UK today that is being passed around, tweeted, and shared. It shows you what looks to be a...Continue reading
The Telegraph Discovers That Amazon Doesn’t Like Expensive eBooks – Oh, the Horror!
Ever since Amazon started offering a 70% royalty option in KDP they have been very clear on the requirements, and Amazon even posted them on a...Continue reading
That “super-early iPhone prototype” Probably Wasn’t a Prototype
Who's up for a background story in hardware development? Have you seen the new article over on Ars Technica about the iPhone prototype? They posted a cool-looking...Continue reading
How Would Google’s Same-Day Shipping Work, Exactly?
Techcrunch reported this morning that Amazon might be getting some competition.Google is supposedly working on a same day shipping service: Google is stealthily preparing to launch...Continue reading