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Author Platform #003: eReading

If I was writing this article just five years ago, when asked what an ebook is, I would probably have said a PDF. Where PDF is an acronym for Portable Document Format which, unlike say an Word document, is read-only and retains all the source formatting and layout.
Nowadays, with the increasing ubiquity of ereaders, it might [...]

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 [...]

iPhone & iPad

Is the iPad a good thing?

The announcement of the Apple iPad this week delivered probably exactly what everyone expected – a large version of the iPod touch.

Now the dust has settled on the announcement, the significance of the launch is becoming clearer – certainly insofar as the implications for authors and publishers – and for that matter app developers like me.

In [...]