iPad Magazines
RWW: How are magazines using the iPad? What is the user experience like? What still needs to be done; http://j.mp/ajQpeI
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Gerrit Eicker
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Gerrit Eicker
eBooks vs. Books
Why eBooks are better than paper books: highlighting, notes, look-ups, social media and search; http://j.mp/btdjXw
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Gerrit Eicker
Google Editions and Small Bookstores
Google Editions partners with the American Booksellers Association, an ally for small bookstores? http://j.mp/cAtNHv
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Gerrit Eicker
Gerrit Eicker
iPad: eReader for Nonreaders
Carr: As a text delivery system, the iPad is perfectly suited to readers who do not read anymore; http://j.mp/aPHW0E
Gerrit Eicker
Gerrit Eicker
Gerrit Eicker
eReader Wars
Coldewey: The Kindle and iPad are two important forces in the current e-reader wars; alternatives: http://j.mp/a19E2E
Gerrit Eicker
eBook Piracy
Attributor (PDF): eBook piracy costs U.S. publishers $2.75 to 3 billion, mainly professional genre; http://j.mp/d7bn4R
Gerrit Eicker
eBook Savings
Publishers: Consumers exaggerate the savings and have developed unrealistic expectations on ebooks; http://j.mp/aQ6Jqq
Gerrit Eicker 09:14 on 25. May 2010 Permalink |
Hedlund: “Probably the strongest of these is the focus the iPad creates for me. The lack of multitasking is a feature. I thought I’d miss this, and thought Android’s work on multitasking might be a strong counterpoint. It’s not. I love how focused I am using an iPad, versus working on a laptop. New mail isn’t constantly arriving; tweets aren’t Growling into view; I don’t even have an RSS reader installed. Instead I’m just reading a book or just playing a game or maybe just working. This is a huge relief, an antidote to interruption. (I’m sure having more than just one app running, as promised in OS 4.0, will be a benefit in some ways, but for today I love not having it.)”
VB: “The iPad is redefining how people gather around their media, creating shared experiences where they did not exist before. The social stigma of disappearing from the family unit and burying yourself in the laptop disappears. When someone is consuming media on an iPad, it is a shared experience by default: just ask anyone who has tried to get 10 uninterrupted minutes using their iPad at an airport, but instead has fielded a steady stream of oohs, aahs, and questions for passersby. With the form factor of a tablet, a small group of friends can all watch a video at the same time, laughing along in unison, instead of passing a cumbersome and fragile laptop around the room from person to person.”
TC: “The only thing that can stop the iPad is Apple. … Carr extended on that question, asking if maybe the iPad itself would just be a device where you consume content on the web rather than through apps? Hippeau says that’s up to Apple. Clearly they want to push people towards apps, behind their wall, he believes. The problem with this is that Apple doesn’t give back nearly as much data as having your own website would, Hippeau says. He thinks Apple will have to learn that media organizations live off of this data. ‘They’ll have to open it up more,’ he says.“