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Can you really read a book on the Apple Watch?
many options when it comes to ebook reading, and the Apple Watch might be the most surprising option of all — the 1.5 inch screen...
Mar 30, 20162 min read


On Reading Books in the Dark
I am an avid bedtime reader, for better or for worse. So this article from the Wall Street Journal, “Does reading in dim light hurt your...
Nov 1, 20132 min read


Shakespeare Star Wars
Yeah, the literary mash-up genre does not appear to be going away anytime soon. But Star Wars-meets-Shakespeare sounds like a fun idea...
Jul 19, 20131 min read
“What If We Put DRM on Chairs?”
DRM CHAIR from Thibault Brevet on Vimeo. (DRM = Digital Rights Management) Chairs and ebooks don’t have a lot in common. But just what if...
Mar 31, 20131 min read


Are Pay-As-You-Go eBooks a Good Idea?
“The idea is simple: instead of paying for a book up front … you instead pay a small fee for each page you read. Only read a quarter of a...
Mar 22, 20132 min read


“How to Use a Kindle as a Bookmark”
Perhaps books and ebooks can live in peaceful coexistence after all. #books #ebooks
Mar 13, 20131 min read


Who Reads eBooks?
“Over a fifth of American adults have read an eBook. EBook consumers are likely to be book enthusiasts who read across digital and print...
Feb 18, 20131 min read


On Selling Used Ebooks
Amazon Has a Patent to Sell Used Ebooks.” What’s noteworthy about the used ebook patent is that it sounds like a step towards solidifying...
Feb 7, 20132 min read


Useful: “Everything about eBooks”
Everything About eBooks” that is worth checking out. It gives about as good an overview of the current state of ebooks — with a nice...
Dec 16, 20122 min read


The Cell Phone Novel
True, reading novels entirely on our iPhones seems normal enough nowadays, so how huge of a leap is the writing novels entirely on...
Jul 30, 20123 min read


With eBooks, Does Page Turning Still Matter?
An ebook is and isn’t like a book. The reading experience follows different mechanics, by the very nature of the technology involved...
Jun 22, 20122 min read
What We Know About NBC eBooks (so far)
And while this isn’t the very first combined effort of book publishing and media companies (examples — Simon & Schuster, owned by CBS;...
Apr 5, 20122 min read


GigaOM: Are eBooks a Walled Garden?
“How the e-book landscape is becoming a walled garden.” With some discusion about  Seth Godin’s (author of Linchpin, Purple Cow, and...
Apr 3, 20122 min read


Download The Universe: A New Website for Science eBooks Reviews
Lots of books are published every year. When it comes to science books, ebooks fills that gap between too-long-for-the-magazine/too-short...
Mar 19, 20122 min read


The Literary Reading Experience of eBooks (NYRB)
It’s easy enough for us to compare the features of what ebooks can and can’t do, but the question of our reading experience — as in, our...
Mar 16, 20123 min read


What Google Play Means for Google eBooks
We’ll see what the longer-term effects might be — but the immediate consequences appear to involve a Google eBooks vs. Kindle Deal of the...
Mar 9, 20121 min read


The Economist, on Enhanced eBooks
Enhanced ebooks are still very much a topic for debate. Will readers want, and be willing to pay more for, the added content in enhanced...
Mar 5, 20122 min read


Infographic: “The Rise of E-Readers”
Who reads more: people who read books, or people who read ebooks? I prefer my societal trends in infographic form. Here’s one from GOOD...
Mar 4, 20121 min read


Neuroscience on eBooks
Mashable (“Ebooks or Printed Books: Which Are Better for You?“) shares a recent study from Johannes Gutenberg University on screen...
Feb 26, 20122 min read


What eBooks Do To Our Brains
Jonah Lehrer (The Frontal Cortex: “Reading, E-Books and the Brain“) wonders if we’re slowly losing the ability to become engrossed in...
Feb 24, 20122 min read
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