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How Do I Publish a Book in the Apple iPad iBookstore?

Hi, Steve. Thanks for innovating. We love your work. But there’s just this one thing that’s irking us now. As an independent publisher who’s primary channel for sales is digital, how can I delivery our titles to iPad owners?
This much we know:

The iPad is basically a larger iTouch. Yes, there are differences, but let’s just [...]

iWant Relief

I want 3 iPads. One each for me and my wife – to use a Kindle-like device. And one for my son, who’s two years old, to use as an ebook reader/portable video player/personal gaming device. Say what you want about parenting with high-tech – the kid is going to be a hacker by the [...]

The New TypePad: “Simply Better” or Empty Promise?

In the history of North-South style debates, there’s no getting around the fact that lovers of A are likely to be haters of B. It’s as true when we’re talking about Macs vs. PCs and it’s true when we’re talking about Cleveland vs. Cincinnati. But is it true when we’re talking about our many choices [...]

Kindle and the future of reading : The New Yorker

It takes me about a month to read any given edition of the New Yorker. Given that it’s a weekly periodical, there is no satisfaction in “completing” an issue. Instead of turning the final page and throwing it in the recycle bin, I find them stacking in the nooks of my house and work wherever [...]

Wikipedia on the iPhone

Burning the midnight oil last night, I got to watching my new favorite Late Night variety show Chelsea Lately. I decided I’d do a little research and find out just who this Chelsea is. Turns out she’s quite famous, a successful writer and (this I already knew) funny. I’d heard about her books and hadn’t [...]

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