Apple launches iBooks 2 app

The hottest news of the week in the publishing world was the announcement by Apple that they were launching the iBooks 2 app. This app allows anyone to create their own ebook. It is mainly for authors wanting to create textbook ebooks for studying, with the app allowing them to upload content such as videos, [...]

JK Rowling launches Pottermore

Recently, JK Rowling unveiled her new website Pottermore.com, which offers a whole new dimension to the Harry Potter series by offering ebooks of all 7 books. It has delighted her fans, who have been waiting for the ebooks, and offers the possibility of extra stuff about the series, previously unreleased material written by Rowling. However, it [...]

My current reading habit

Interestingly, the last two days i have found i got bored with the internet and my computer and have ended up resorting to reading an actual printed book for once! I’m currently trying to finish The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, after reading it on and off for about 2 months! It’s actually getting better [...]

The Wallee – a wall-mount for the Ipad

I found this strange contraption today while surfing the internet, the Wallee. It is a hardback case for the Ipad, which can be mounted on the wall with a special bracket. Now, i find this a bit odd, as the point of the Ipad is that it is a portable computer, and attaching it to [...]

I want an Ipad! (or: Other tablets are available)

Lately i’ve found myself wanting one of the tablet devices available on the market at the moment. I’ve physically held an Ipad twice, and i have to admit it is fairly cool! I was originally put off touchscreen after having bought a touchscreen phone last summer and it dying on me so many times over [...]

Ipads in society

I was in a restaurant a few nights ago (celebrating my graduation from university, might i add!) with my parents, and my mum spotted a woman on a table behind us who had brought her Ipad with her to dinner. Now we thought this to be quite an interesting, but odd sight, particularly as it was [...]

Going Digital: Is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Is going digital all its cracked up to be? Like everything else, digital does has its downsides, and although the following are more speculation than anything else, they are things to think about if we carry on down this path. How empty is our world going to be in the future, if we no longer have [...]

Ebooks: Good and Bad

With all this fuss about Ebooks, i thought i would just sum up the main points about Ebooks, both the good and the bad, just in case people don’t understand all the fuss and debate around them. Advantages of Ebooks: They can be accessed on pretty much any device these days, whether its a mobile phone, [...]