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iPhone & iPad

Do I App or do iBook?

Apple have followed Amazon’s lead and iBooks can now have audio and video embedded in them.

See my blog Do iPad or do I Kindle for more on this … and note that, somewhat ironically, Kindle Enhanced Editions (as Amazon called them) are only for Kindle Readers on iPhones and iPads not Kindles themselves.

So with increased functionality [...]

iPhone & iPad

Literary Festival: A World First

I am thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story competition. As far as we know, it’s a world first for any literary festival for the winning story to be converted into an iPhone app.
It’s called Train in the Night by Christopher Franks who hails from Cambridgeshire.

It’s a captivating tale of [...]

iPhone & iPad

Do iPad or do I Kindle?

Well I never thought I’d ever buy Knitting for Dummies. But I just got a copy via the Amazon Kindle Store to read, or is that to watch, on my iPad.

So am I taking up crocheting books or, as fabulous author’s coach @ledasammarco suggested on Twitter, knitting light bulbs?

No, I am just checking out how embedded [...]

iPhone & iPad

Publishing in hands of authors

If one of your books sells in a book shop, as an author, you are likely to get less than 10% of the selling price.
This is not a gripe but a fact, as other people in the chain need to be duly recompensed for their part in getting the book on the shelf.

With the introduction of [...]

Creativity

iPadivity

So I’ve had an iPad for two weeks and loads of people have asked how I use it and what I’m using it for.
Or if it’s just a bit of a toy?

Well I’ve discovered using this new type of tablet (and watch this space for the clones) ushers in a whole modus operandi.

In short, it’s brilliant [...]

Creativity

The iPad: a writer’s toolbox?

It’s arrived at last and it was definitely worth the wait. My decision not to buy one of the excellent ereaders like the Kindle or the Cool-er has proved to be right. My e-Writer has arrived in the form of an iPad.

From a creative writer’s perspective, just being able to read on the go is less [...]

iPhone & iPad

Multi-language iPhone app

I am really proud to announce the release the version of iPhone app for the Kryon School in Germany in four languages – namely German, Russian, Spanish and English.

It’s been an interesting exercise in project management across six countries. As a result, we now have a code framework and methodology to build any app in [...]

Happenings

Guildford Book Festival Short Story Competition

The Bookwright is thrilled to be sponsoring this year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story award.
The prize is fabulous and, as far as we know, a first for any literary competition anywhere in the world.
The winning entry will be converted into an iPhone app that can be either read or listened to – we call these Commutabooks.

The [...]

iPhone & iPad

iPad: five killer apps for authors

As I mentioned in my earlier blog – Do iPad or Do I Kindle? – the iPad delivers something very specific for authors that ereaders don’t…
- quite simply, it’s the ability to write.

Will I be getting one? You bet!

Will I wait a while? Yes too as I specifically want it do act as my mobile writing [...]

iPhone & iPad

iPad: five killer apps for authors

As I mentioned in my earlier blog – Do iPad or Do I Kindle? – the iPad delivers something very specific for authors that ereaders don’t…
- quite simply, it’s the ability to write.

Will I be getting one? You bet!

Will I wait a while? Yes too as I specifically want it do act as my mobile writing [...]