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iBook Lessons: Advanced page flipping demo

by Erica Sadun (Jan 28th, 2013)

iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing. Much as I love iBooks' beautiful page scrolling, there's always room for improvement. By studying the way people interact with real books -- browsing for information and adjusting pages while reading -- the developers of ...

Kindle 8 for Mac adds gesture support

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 10th, 2012)

Amazon has released an update to its Kindle app for the Mac that includes support for gestures like panning and swiping on Macs that are running Lion or greater. Kindle users now also have the ability to view the richer formatting available in Kindle Format 8 books. Other changes include ...

Apple adds Quick Reads section to iBookstore, promotes short e-books

by Dave Caolo (Sep 13th, 2011)

Apple has added a new "Quick Reads" section to the iBookstore, promoting short, inexpensive titles. The collection includes everything from manuals to short stories, each selling for US$5 or less. Amazon has featured short (typically 5,000 words or so), inexpensive titles as "Kindle Singles" for ...

Notre Dame embarks on a paperless course with iPads

by David Winograd (Aug 31st, 2010)

The University of Notre Dame's yearlong study of eReaders in academics is starting the school year with a bang -- a course that will use the iPad as the only textbook students need. The course is entitled Project Management, and each of the 40 students enrolled will be given an iPad to use in ...

Reading a book is faster than reading an iBook

by Mike Schramm (Jul 5th, 2010)

A study conducted by usability consultant Jakob Nielsen claims that reading on e-book readers like the iPad and the Kindle still doesn't match up to the reading speed of good old printed paper. The test chose 32 people (admittedly a small sample, but one that was felt to be representative of an ...

iPad vs. Kindle: Which way to go?

by Mel Martin (Jan 28th, 2010)

In my post yesterday I touched on the likely long faces at Amazon H.Q. in Seattle. The iPad is something I'm sure they wished hadn't happened, but of course it did, and I thought I'd take a closer look at the competition between the Amazon and Apple devices. First off, if you were thinking of ...

BookReader for iPhone: You can't judge a book by its cover

by David Winograd (Oct 23rd, 2009)

We did a fairly extensive rundown of eBooks for the iPhone/iPod touch in August; you can take a look back if you're new to the eBook universe for Apple's mobile devices. BookReader [iTunes Link] , a US$4.99 app for devices running OS 2.21 or higher, has just joined the crowded eBook market -- ...