by Jeffery Battersby | Mar 4, 2010 | Commentary, Featured, Writing
Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod I probably could have quoted the whole article, but you’re better off reading the original, because it’s as beautiful to look at as it is good to read… FOR TOO LONG, the act of printing something in and of...
by Jeffery Battersby | Feb 11, 2010 | Commentary
From Dan Moren’s article on Macworld.com: “It’s going to be a smaller show this year,†acknowledged Paul Kent, vice president and general manager for Macworld 2010. Last year’s exhibition spanned both Moscone’s North and South halls....
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 31, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Amazon removes Macmillan books | via CNET News Apple will allow publishers more leeway to set their own prices for e-books. Although the prices will be tethered to print book prices by a formula that will generally yield prices between $12.99 and $14.99 for most...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 28, 2010 | Asides, Commentary
I know, this is going to seem incredibly obvious and by extension maybe even make me seem a little stupid in the process, but it occurred to me today, as I was driving in to work, that the iPad has no mouse. Even in the photos with the attached external keyboard. No...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 26, 2010 | Commentary
From the Wired Epicenter Blog’s Twitter feed: Newspaper Paywall Update: Thirty-five people have signed up to access Newsday online. After three months. At $5 a week = $9,100 in revenue. I’ll be honest, I don’t think I could last on $3000 in revenue a...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jan 26, 2010 | Commentary, Featured
Today’s Times has an interesting article on Apple’s forthcoming device, and the effect it may have on the publishing industry. But the piece contains some ugly undertones: Apple sold lots of music, but the music labels claimed that iTunes had destroyed the...
