Episode 42 – Learning About eBooks News: Sony planning new devices (light on details) KOBO planning HTML5 reading app O’Reilly’s Todd Sattersten experiment the App-pocalypse occurred — Kindle (Newspapers and magazines now supported), Kobo, Nook, NookKids, Google Books (removed, then re-added) Defective By Design pushing “defectivebydesign” and “drm-infested” tags on Amazon books OSX Lion has [...]
Episode 41 – ADE 1.8 Preview is out Feedback: Tom Semple: DRM-Free library lending??? Jack Taylor: ImageMap in ePub. (Toby says SVG) News: Borders liquidation Google + iRiver announce ereading device Ex-Pixar Dude iPad app Amazon Textbook rental Harry Potter + Google eBooks??? ADE 1.8 Preview BBEdit now opens and edits epub. Must have 10.6 [...]
Episode 40 – A lot of news Feedback: Jeremy: why do we hate Calibre? (we don’t, really) Nate the Great: gotta have his ragged right David Peach: what’s the minimum app package for ebook development? Paul Read — European Perspective Cynthia – new listener love News: @iamPariah’s eBook Pricing Apple not enforcing the In-App Purchasing [...]
Episode 39 – Dedicated vs Multifunction Devices Feedback: Lauren in Florida: No, we haven’t rooted our Nook Touch Tom Semple: eBook stores Semple News Segment News: Amazon drops California affiliates Kobo Touch updates: style ovverrides Book smell candle Pew Internet and American Life report on e-Reader ownership is interesting. eReaders are outpacing tablets in sales [...]