Sweden’s Telegram Studios takes book tech, formats to the limit
One of the most interesting publishing houses I encountered while in Sweden was Telegram Studios, which describes itself as “a brand new type of publisher for music, books and apps, powered by talents...
View ArticleDoes Apple Music for Android portend an Android iBooks?
Might iBooks come to Android? The obvious answer is something involving porcine aviation, but maybe it just got a little less unlikely. Prompted by a 9to5Mac article about a job posting by Apple...
View ArticleiBooks finally offers a decent boldface font. Hello, Amazon—are you next?
Almost as soon as I installed iOS 9 on my iPad, I tried out the new iBooks. Hooray! Apple has finally come around to the need for a decent boldface font—for those of us who read better with more...
View ArticleEnjoy bold font in iOS Safari Web browser, not just iBooks—and also make...
Earlier I told how to conjure up a bold font in the new iBooks e-reader accompanying iOS 9. The trick is to use Settings > General > Accessibility > Bold Text. Then select the San Francisco...
View ArticleDon’t Go Exclusive. Build A Long Term Career As An Author On Multiple...
If you want to build a long-term career as an author, you need to grow your readership on multiple platforms, with multiple quality products. Today, superstar indie author Liliana Hart shares her...
View ArticleHow the US Innovates in Digital Publishing
“The United States has been at the forefront of digital publishing since the field’s inception,” writes Holger Volland, vice president of the Frankfurt Book Fair, in a blog post for Digital Book World....
View ArticleHow many iPhone/iPad owners use iBooks?
Following my previous post on App Annie’s tracking of the most popular iOS apps of all time, one reader pointed out that this was no guide to ereader popularity on the iPhone or iPad, since iOS...
View ArticleThe Atlantic warns of the perils of DRM, but misses some important details
What happens to your digital media titles when the digital media store goes out of business? The Atlantic has a thoughtful piece on this that isn’t quite as thoughtful as its author, The Atlantic staff...
View ArticleMark Frauenfelder discovers the full harshness of Apple DRM
The biggest reason this is news is that it really shouldn’t be news, but it’s a Sunday so why not? On BoingBoing, Mark Frauenfelder complains that that Apple won’t let him download the iBooks e-books...
View ArticleMight Apple Music for Android presage an iBooks for Android too?
A couple months back, Apple introduced its very first Android app—a way to automate the process of letting Android users switch over to iOS devices. Now Apple’s back with a second Android app, which...
View ArticleWeb apps: A way forward for ereaders?
An article in ArsTechnica takes issue with the current app-centric mobile ecosystems,and argues for more focus on web apps. Larry Seltzer protests about “platform lock-in and the space the apps take up...
View ArticleIs Apple still the best for e-book lovers?
TeleRead is a devoutly e-book focused blog. But as the tech to read e-books becomes more complex, all-encompassing, and embedded in our daily lives, it becomes difficult to divorce the issue of content...
View ArticleiBooks in the classroom: Device limit snafus
I did some more e-book reading with my students this week. Now I’m starting to understand a little better what the current limitations are to using this technology in a classroom setting. My Exhibit A...
View ArticleNew popSLATE 2 could be the ideal iPhone e-reading accessory
The original popSLATE 1, an e-ink case for the iPhone 6 and 6s, didn’t exactly set the e-reading world on fire. But the new popSLATE 2 version, currently blasting through its targets on Indiegogo,...
View ArticleWhat can you do with a first-gen iPad? The e-book and digital divide angles
It’s tempting to scan that question to the sea chanty “What can you do with a drunken sailor?” When you get right down to it, a first-gen iPad is just about as useful as a drunken sailor. I actually...
View ArticleiBooks tip: Sync e-books between devices via iCloud
iBooks users running iOS 9.3 can now sync e-books between devices via iCloud. Share the actual books as well as bookmarks and notes.The trick is to set up the iCloud Drive on your iPhone, iPad, iPod...
View ArticleRevolving door: Of e-books, e-readers, and obsolescence
Google (or, to be technically correct, Alphabet), has just announced it will shut down the Revolv home automation hub as of May 15. Google bought Revolv in October, 2014 to roll it into its Nest...
View ArticleHow To Sell More Books on iBooks
If you’re a new author with one or two books, then it can make sense to go exclusive with KDP Select, because you’re building your backlist and getting to grips with everything that goes into being an...
View ArticleApple shuts down iTunes Allowances program that let kids buy music, apps, or...
Did you use Apple’s “iTunes Allowances” feature to give your kids a specific amount of money per month to buy iTunes media, such as music, apps, or e-books from the iBooks store? No more. Apple has...
View ArticleHow to rescue e-books and other media from an old iPad with Appandora
When I started using iTunes and an iPad again, it didn’t take me long to run into one of the things I really don’t love about iOS: the difficulty of transferring media back out of your iOS device once...
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