tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72347570132776895412012-02-07T19:41:30.221-05:00Writing and publishing on the Apple iPadMichael Muriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10506717118157555218noreply@blogger.comBlogger1231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7234757013277689541.post-39216877884566161962010-09-09T17:30:00.000-04:002010-09-09T17:30:00.792-04:00

...since I posted here. Mainly because I didn't end up doing the book project that I had planned, so blogging about nothing is pretty pointless [doesn't mean people don't do it.] But I'm compelled to write today because Apple just loosened their development rules for iOS. This is widely read to mean that Adobe's Flash conversion/authoring tool would now be acceptable for authoring iOS apps. Neat

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I took the iPad on a trip down to New York this weekend, and it was an interesting adventure. I took the bus down, and interestingly Bolt has wi-fi on board. I connected up without incident [this is what is known as foreshadowing – Ed] and managed to surf the web as we zoomed down I-95. We watched a movie on it, and it worked very well. I used the NPR app to listen to some of Wait Wait Don't

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Stu Maschwitz at ProLost has written a post about his experience with the iPad for the past week. In particular he looks at viewing PDFs (of scripts) as well as writing scripts on the iPad. He seems to like the document reader ReaddleDocs for viewing PDFs. He also talks about script writing tools; there's a couple of iPhone script tools, but there's no iPad specific application, yet. But there

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Apple just previewed OS 4.0. Two exciting things stand out for me: Multi-tasking: I've had an iPhone for almost two years now, and I can't say I've missed multi-tasking. It really hasn't been an issue (but then I listen to audio through the iPod, not Pandora, and don't use Skype, so maybe I am an oddity) BUT within a day of having the iPad I realized that I really wanted multi-tasking, if

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MacWorld reviews the iWork suite for the iPad and gives it a generally positive review, though notes many limitations compared to the "full" iWorks suite, and also complains about the File Sharing feature. But funniest of all is the complaint about the lack of proofreading tools found in the desktop version: Perhaps the article was edited on the iPad?

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I've been looking at how PDFs are handled on the iPad. If you open a PDF from within Mail, it's opened in a Preview-like panel that simply lets you zoom in and out and scroll through the PDFs. Interestingly, I haven't found a way to save PDFs attached to a mail document "locally" on the iPad. I also downloaded the third-party application iPDF viewer, which doesn't seem to do much more, except

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I'm actually writing this on the iPad, and so far it's pretty amazing. I can type pretty well with it on my knees and typing on the virtual keyboard and it works - though I find it easier to use horizontally rather than vertically. I'd say it's better than I expected in that respect. Yes, I wouldn't want to be typing all day like this, but it's not too bad!

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My iPad left the U.P.S. East Boston location at 8:08AM. Meanwhile a friend is down at the Boston store waiting in line. He got there at 8:00am, and there was about 20 people in front of him (in the pre-order line) with 60 in the non-reserved line.

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The Kindle app was released yesterday afternoon too. This is almost a surprise, given that Apple has in the past rejected apps that "replicate functionality" of their own apps (like the browser.) It will be really interesting to see how the Kindle app compares to iBooks.

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The iBooks app is now available at iTunes.

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Apple has released iPad apps in the iTunes store. There's already hundreds of apps. I paged through them (a little disorienting, because the order of the apps seemed to keep changing each time I went to the next page) but you should find a few interesting ones. I bought the three Apple apps; Pages, Numbers and Keynotes, and Flight Control HD (because I love the game.) I looked at some To Do

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Can't get enough excitement? ABC has a video which shows glimpses of third-party apps, including a brief interview with the inventor of the Smule Ocarina And Walt Mossberg gets to play with all the good toys before the cool kids. In his review: After spending hours and hours with it, I believe this beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing

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Adds support for the iPad and iBooks!

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According to DigitalBeat, Lulu has also told it's authors (or some of them) that they will be able to publish to the Apple iBookstore on April 3rd.

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MacWorld has a follow-up on the reports of Smashword's agreement with Apple for publishing to the iBookstore. Interestingly, thought Smashwords sent out an email to some of it's authors, it refused to comment when contacted by Apple. MacWorld: Getting your novel on the iPad for free

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I'm not really sure whether I need a real keyboard for the iPad or not. Do I plan to do a lot of typing while using it? I'm not sure. I am planning to get the Pages application (and probably Keynote and Numbers) but I'm not sure how much serious work I'll do with it. Still, Apple has a kayboard/doc combination that will be out in mid April, and I was thinking that might be worth getting to have

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Looks like self-publishers will be able to get into the iBookstore through Smashwords. According to DigitalBeat: Smashwords, a site where writers can publish their own e-books, said today it has signed a distribution deal with Apple to put its books into the iPad iBookstore. Mark Coker, chief executive of Smashwords, said in an email to authors that his company has been working on the deal ever

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A chart at Wired will help you: Need Some Help Making That iPad Decision?

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Apple has reportedly filled up its upcoming iBook Store for iPad with a wide variety of free ebook titles curated by Project Gutenberg, heading off any attempts by third parties to profiteer on literature in the public domain. Source: Appleinsider/AppAdvice.com

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As we get closer to release date, all kinds of things have been bubbling up....CBS is testing HTML 5 iPad video, the Wall Street Journal is rumored to be considering a price of $17.99 a month (ouch!) and Random House is evidently wary of getting it's toe in the iPad world. Something to do with price wars and lower prices... My friend who reserved a 32GB WiFi iPad (the same model I ordered) is

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Amazon is hard at work creating a Kindle for iPad application. As long as Apple approves it (which will be interesting, because in the past they have rejected iPhone apps that mimic existing features i.e. web browsers) then this will be a good thing for users. Competition will provide more choices (and better prices!) for consumers.

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Apple is now accepting applications to the approval process for iPad apps. But no word on how you get books into the iBooks store...

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I downloaded the Kindle reader for the Mac beta yesterday to try it out, and was immediately reminded of why I don’t read books on my computer. Installation was simple enough, and then you hit a button and it opens a web browser page at Amazon where you can buy books (I bought a free book; the Complete Sherlock Holmes.) A few seconds after purchase the book appeared back in the Kindle app, and I

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A recent post on the Lulublog covers producing ePub format books: How to Make an eBook Anyone Can Read with ePub. The article explains the basics of ePub and it's file structure from a brass tacks point of view, but assumes you'll use something like Text Edit or Notepad, rather than a more friendly tool. But over at The Quiet One blog, Amy Less writes about her initial experiments with ePub:

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As we anxiously await the arrival of the shinny new toy, some of our time is spent in speculation: will all my iPhone apps work on the iPad? Should I have ordered the 3G model? Will it be easier to best my high score in Flight Control with a larger screen or will my hands get sore having to draw larger flight paths? How much of a drag will it be not to have Flash? No one knows. But there are

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AppleInsider reports that there are delays on the Keyboard dock and the 10W USB power adapter to sometimes in April. They also report that the iPad soft case, which was supposed to ship on April 3, has been delayed until mid-April. I just checked the status of my order, and at least at the moment, the case is still listed as "Ships: BY APRIL 3RD" so I wonder if they are now just back-ordered on

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People are guessing at what the pre-sales are for the iPad, and coming to different conclusions from the same guesses. Over at AppleInsider, their article frames the order numbers as falling: excitement is estimated to have dropped considerably on days two and three and that no more than a half-million preorders and reservations will be taken before the April 3 launch. Over at Engadget, they

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I'd been wondering what the story on battery replacement for the iPad was, and now Apple has announced that for $99 you can send in your iPad, and they will send you a replacement one (not necessarily new..) Interestingly, the gadget sites Engadget and Gizmodo have two different takes on it. Gizmodo seems to think it's a good deal: The Battery Replacement Service FAQ on Apple's site outlines

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A friend has gone the reserve-at-a-store route. He picked the store he wanted to pick it up at, and - with his Apple account - was able to reserve one. It doesn't appear that a credit card was specifically asked for (as it was when I ordered mine from the Apple Store) though many people do have a credit card attached to their Apple account. He said that they told him he has until 3pm on

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It was a tiny, tiny hope of mine that Pages would be able to save to ePub format, but the information page at Apple.com makes no mention of it, so I guess it's official. Okay, I know that Pages doesn't have any sort of HTML export either, but still...

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The iBooks page at Apple.com has a few more details about the app: It appears you will have to download it from the store. You can add your own ePub titles to iTunes and then sync them to the iPad. So clearly there's going to be an iTunes update (since I don't think you can put ePub into the current version of iTunes.)

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Interestingly, when Apple announced the iPad and put up information about it on their website, they had a "Notify Me" button (since they weren't taking orders at thee time.) Here we are, an hour after they started taking orders, and not a peep from Apple in my mailbox....so that was useful. [UPDATE] 9:38 Got an email from Apple that iPad is coming. The email has a "Reserve Now" button too so

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Just as was reported, the Apple store went down this morning, and came back up at 8:30am EST. I ordered a 32GB Wi-Fi model. There was no option (that I could find) to pick it up at a local Apple store, though it said that (at least based on my address) it would be delivered on 4/3 (signature required.) The iPad Case I ordered is listed as shipping by April 3rd. Also, while some accessories

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From LoopInSight: Apple on Friday will begin accepting pre-orders for the Wi-Fi iPad on Friday morning at 5:30 am Pacific Time. You can get more details in an email Apple is sending out to those that signed up to be notified of pre-order news.But I haven't received any email from Apple yet!! And I still haven't made up my mind which model to get!

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eBooks: B&N eReader for iPad Coming Soon Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B&N eReader will give our customers access to more than one million eBooks, magazines and newspapers in the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, as well as the existing content in their Barnes & Noble digital library. (That includes eBooks and content customers have downloaded to their nook™ eBook reader.) Source: B&N

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Over at ZDNet Blogs Matthew Miller is wondering if he should get an iPad, and he comes to the same conclusion about which model to get as I have: If I was to buy one I would go for the 32GB (16GB doesn’t give you enough room for media content) WiFi only model (I have multiple ways of tethering it via mobile WiFi hotspots) that would cost me $599 plus $60 in sales tax.But he's still not convinced,

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Summary: Everyone uses ePub except for Amazon, Apple's using it's own DRM, the buyers will get screwed. Oh, and PDF is cool! Giz Explains: How You're Gonna Get Screwed By Ebook Formats

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Paul Bonanos at GigaOm reports that the iTunes LP format has been a bit of a dud: Six months later, however, iTunes LP doesn’t prompt much consumer recognition, and none of the industry sources with whom I spoke said they viewed it as being anywhere close to game-changing from a format perspective. Rather, it’s considered more of a curiosity.I can't say I'm surprised. After it was announced, I

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Craig Mod takes a look at the iPad and wonders about the future of book design, and whether the iPad will be better at Definite Content (content with a well defined form) than Formless Content (i.e. novels.) It's an interesting discussion, though really it's just the beginning of the discussion, and we don't know enough about the tools Apple is supplying. If the ePub format is the only thing

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Apple's Ipad delay is down to a software problem John Gruber at Daring Fireball claims the software has taken longer to finish than they'd hoped. The problem apparently is in the timing of turning out the software. Obviously on a scale with Duke Nukem on one hand and being on time on the other, a couple of weeks is nothing. and don't miss the finishing snark: ...if you buy this low-powered,

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I realize that I'm probably going to change my mind about twenty times before I actually order an iPad. But I really thought I'd come to a clear decision, and then yesterday I was out at a meeting, and I was sitting there checking email with my iPhone and I realized I wouldn't be able to do that with the iPad (as there was no Wi-Fi.) Now the reality is, I could do it quite fine on the iPhone,

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Apple unveiled a new ad that was shown during the Oscars. Nothing really "new" revealed that I could see, though I did notice something I'd missed in other reports: the animation/presentation of multiple emails in the mail program. The video shows selecting multiple messages and the three images sliding out and forming a "stack"

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With iPad ordering just a week away, I guess it's time to figure out which model to get. The 16GB models don't make much sense to me; I have a 16GB iPhone, and I have already had to switch to manually managing the music on it because my iTunes library got too big. I'm not really sure that I want or need to put my iTunes library on the iPad (I'll still have the iPhone, and I'm assuming I'll still

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Someone sent Steve Jobs an email asking if the iPad could be tethered to an iPhone, and he sent back an email with a five word answer, and four of them were "Sent from my iPhone." The other one was - No. And now a bunch of sites are reporting on it; which makes me wonder why they bothered? Is that news? Isn't it a bit like sending him an email asking if you can get the iPad with an e ink screen?

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According to AppleInsider, a study by ChangeWave reports that some 40 percent of people who are considering buying an e-reader in the next 90 days will buy an iPad. The Kindle trailed with 28 percent. This would be a significant change, as the study points out, because at the moment 68 percent of respondents who already own an e-reader, own a Kindle. Even more interesting; we still know so

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It's interesting that now we know the release date and the ordering date, but there's no more information from Apple about the iBookStore or how they are using the ePub format.

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Pre-orders on March 12th! Once again, the rumors were wrong; the iPad is coming out a week (and a day) later than had been predicted.

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Ro Ye at the CU Blog takes a whack at the "things we don't know about the iPad" list, so here's my take on some of the questions he raises: Ten hours of battery life, Really? Yep! But then, do any estimates of battery life translate to your own experience? It never has for mine...the iPad will be just the same. "Almost all" iPhone apps? Well, "almost all" iPhone apps work on the iPod Touch, so,

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AppleInsider reports that there is a delay in iPad production: The second report in a week claiming Apple has experienced iPad production delays surfaced Thursday, with the latest suggesting the company is currently able to produce between 200,000 and 250,000 devices per month.Source: AppleInsider Apple iPad delay rumours possibly confirmed by Foxconn suppliers? Although news reports suggest

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Development environments for the iPhone seem to be proliferating. First Adobe announced that CS5 Flash would support exporting to the iPhone environment, and now RunRev Ltd, developers of the Rev development environment, have revMobile, which work with a number of mobile environments including Windows Moble and the iPhone (no word on the iPad.) They're got an Alpha program going (which will set

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The Apple iPad Isn't Going to Revolutionize the Display Industry ...the choice of LCD technology also means that, in spite of the vast library of e-books that will be available for the iPad, this device is no e-book reader. While I’m not an e-book convert myself, the folks I know who carry Kindles everywhere read them outdoors as much as in, often in sunlight, and that just won’t be possible with

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“We will be embedding audio, video and streaming in to everything we do. The .epub format, which is the standard for ebooks at the present, is designed to support traditional narrative text, but not this cool stuff that we’re now talking about. “So for the time being at least we’ll be creating a lot of our content as applications, for sale on app stores and HTML, rather than in ebooks. The

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According to Chinese newspaper digitimes, Hon Hai Precision's suppliers have revealed that the manufacturer is on course to deliver 600k - 700k iPads this month, followed by a further one million units in April. The figures contradict recent reports that suggested only 300k units would be available in March... Source: Hexus

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Reuters has an article with a quote from AT&T's Chief Executive, who doesn't seem to think the iPad will drive a lot of business their way: "My expectation is that there's not going to be a lot of people out there looking for another subscription," he said during a webcast of an investor conference, adding that the device would be a mainly "Wi-Fi driven product."Source: Reuters

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iBooks, iPad Apps, Kindle, E-Ink: An Intro for the Perplexed ...will the iPad really save the publishing industry? And more importantly, are companies really clear on the baffling new lexicon of digital print – the iBooks, E-Ink, ePub, and eReader App world they are now forced to come to grips with? Where should publishers focus their efforts – An iBooks App? A customised iPad Native App? A

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AppleInsider says March 26th is the probable release date of the iPad, though it's only described as "very likely." There's also mention of a "special gift" for those that camp out for the iPad.  Camp? Really? Or just turn up on the day? My guess is that if it's anything, it's a T-shirt...or a coupon for a free electronic book...

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In his column "15 iPad mysteries remain" article Mike Elgan asked: Will free Internet content cost money on the iPad? and noted: Publishing companies such as Hulu and a wide range of media companies are apparently mulling the idea of charging for content delivered to iPads that they give away on the Internet.My response was: Hulu may be planning to charge for content, but that's not an iPad issue

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The Problem With iBooks – The Platform Is Very Limited Paul Colligan makes a big leap in his column: The Problem With iBooks: iBooks only works on the iPad. Kindle products work on the iPad, the iPhone, PCs (Macs coming soon), and Blackberries.I don't know where he got any specific statement that iBooks will only work on the iPad, but I just can't imagine it's true. That Apple wouldn't make

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The New York Times has a comparison of the economics of producing a book. It suggests that publishers make $4.05 on a typical $26.00 hardback book and $4.56-5.54 on a $12.99 eBook. Interestingly, the authors make less on an eBook, while the publishers make more? That seems a bit odd! And do most authors really get $3.90 per book? A quick search turned up some different rates, but seemed to be

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AppleInsider reports that analyst Peter Misek with Canaccord Adams has sited an unspecified production problem that will limit availability of the iPad, and may even delay it's release (maybe that's why they haven't started taking orders?) "An unspecified production problem at the iPad's manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units

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Mike Elgan has written a "15 iPad mysteries remain" article, and I think he's stretching a bit. Here's my response to some questions I don't think are really mysteries: 2) When can you pre-order one? My guess is a little under 30 days prior to when they know they can ship them. If they don't start in the next two weeks, then either they have changed their minds and aren't going to accept

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Apple Sky has a discussion of the question; get the 3G, or don't? The article does a pretty good job of summing up the issues. One question they raised - and maybe glossed over - is something I hadn't considered: At this point, it is assumed that since you are buying the device contract free, that it will also be an unlocked device. This would mean that as other companies all over the world

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[...]perhaps most likely reason behind Apple's silence, is that the A4 just isn't anything to write home about—and on this second point, I actually know a thing or two. If Apple were to tell you what's in the A4, most of the focus would be on what the chip is not, rather than on what the iPad is.   [...] But it turns out that the the A4 is a 1GHz custom SoC with a single Cortex A8 core and a

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The first magazines for which it will create iPad versions are Wired, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Glamour, the company plans to announce in an internal memorandum on Monday. [...] During the test phase, the company will sell the digital magazines through iTunes. Source: New York Time While this is exciting/interesting news, I think that dedicated apps is ultimately the wrong way to go;

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When It Comes to Content, Amazon’s Kindle Won’t Be Undersold On Jan. 27, Steven P. Jobs was still standing on a stage in San Francisco, presenting Apple’s new iPad, when the phones started ringing. Senior managers from Amazon.com were calling newspaper, magazine and book publishers trying to glean any information possible about the deals Apple was offering them to supply content for its new

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Scribd Launches Mobile Document Sharing App Non-copyrighted documents can be sent from a PC to smartphones, Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and the Sony Reader. Also in March, Scribd plans to release mobile applications for Apple's iPhone, Resarch In Motion's BlackBerry, and smartphones runnning Google's Android operating system. The company also plans to make PDF documents on the site

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The rumor that Apple would start taking orders on the 25th for the iPad have proved false, but surely they will be doing it soon. The FTC Mail or Telephone Order Merchandise Rule requires that when you advertise a product you must have an expectation of shipping it within 30 days, and if something happens to extend it, then you have to get the customers approval. So we can understand why Apple

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The eBook Format: Creating Content for the Smart Phone On the iPhone, I use Amazon's Kindle App and the Stanza reader, which I downloaded when the App Store first appeared here. As the iPhone supports the .epub format, I examined some software that would help me make my own examples. If, as an ordinary user, I can do it, then others can, at little cost, highlighting content and not packaging.

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Today, Adobe announces the availability of Connect Pro Mobile, an application for its enterprise Web conferencing solution Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro. Connect Pro Mobile was built using Flash Professional CS5 beta and published as a native iPhone application — the very first Adobe-authored application that uses the Packager for iPhone technology. With this release, Connect Pro Mobile offers users

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E-Magazines and E-Newspapers Benefit Everyone E-newspapers and E-magazines could actually save many of the print publications that are struggling through the digital age. This type of e-subscription service would be quite easy to implement with the current and upcoming slate and tablet devices like the Apple iPad tablet and the Amazon Kindle E-reader. This would allow for e-magazines and

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Nook vs. iPad The following table compares Barnes & Noble’s nook with Apple’s iPad on several different metrics and measurements, such as screen size, weight, dimensions, and other features, but it is important to note that while the iPad can be an e-book reader, the nook cannot (yet) be a mobile media PC Source: Nook*share Should Apple TV Switch to the iPhone OS? The set-top box market is

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Flash support missing because of "hover" lack In a touch screen world most people won’t care or even understand how to interact with flash banners that were designed with cursors and hovering in mind. In a perfect world devoid of snipes and verbal sparring, Apple and Adobe could work together to make existing flash sites and banners appear on an iPad. Completely possible! But it would suck. Hmmm.

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CBS: We’ll Cut iTunes Prices for Some Shows CBS CEO Les Moonves says the broadcaster will mark down the price on some of its shows from $1.99 to 99 cents. “There are certain shows that will be sold on Apple for 99 cents,” Moonves said today, adding, however, that details have not been worked out. Source: MediaMemo iPad SDK hints at new widget, URL, and dictionary features The idea that the iPad

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Amazon.com has released a Kindle application for BlackBerry phones. The BlackBerry devices supported are: the Bold 9000 and 9700, the Curve 8520 and 8900, the Storm 9530 and 9550, and the Tour 9630. Amazon: Kindle for BlackBerry

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Last words? Google Books to get final hearing Representatives from Google, groups representing authors and publishers, privacy advocates, and competitors will appear before Judge Denny Chin on Thursday in New York to argue--for possibly the last time--over whether Chin should approve Google's class action settlement with the authors and publishers over Google Book Search. If approved, the

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Here's a video podcast that shows how to produce an ePub using Adobe Indesign: InstantinDesign.com (Click the Watch the Episode icon at the end of the text!)

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How to succeed at marketing the iPad "This is one of these products that bumps up against the most important issue in new technology: compatibility," according to Rashi Glazer, tech marketing expert at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. "Is it compatible with what people currently do...will people be willing to change their behavior?" Source: Cnet.com Norway halts Apple iPad pre-orders Even

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Wired has developed an electronic version of their magazine using Adobe AIR, and you can see a video about it (along with a bit of a demonstration) at their site. The content was created in Adobe InDesign, and though it's published in AIR, they expect to be able to "easily convert it for major tablet and mobile platforms." They expect to do a full release sometime this summer. ..we also think

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Apple to wrap digital books in FairPlay copy protection Apple will be dusting off [FairPlay] for books, according to sources in the publishing industry. ...the majority of publishers are expected to embrace FairPlay, along with other copy protection software such as Adobe's Content Server 4, as a means to squelch incipient book piracy as the e-book market begins to take off. Source: Los Angeles

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Former CNET and Fox Co-Founder Wants To Fund Your iPad App "Depending on the complexity of each deal, the pair of execs plans to provide anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000 towards the development and marketing of iPad and tablet device applications – a market they believe will “revolutionize entertainment, games, content, and communications." Source: Search-InternetMarketing North Carolina State

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One of the (many) complaints about the iPad I heard was that e Ink was easier on the eyes for long periods of reading. While e Ink may be better in bright light situations, it looks like LCDs aren't going to damage your eyes, and may be better in low light situations. This from an article in today's New York Times. “Right now E Ink is great in sunlight, but in certain situations, a piece of paper

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John Gruber has pointed out that the iBooks app is not bundled with the iPad, but must be downloaded. This makes sense when you remember that Apple already made it clear that the iBookStore won't be available in Australia (amongst other places.)

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Microsoft's Mike Tedesco, wSenior Product Manager for WindowsBU was asked if Microsoft had thought about bringing Office to the iPad. His answer: Yeah, it's something that we're looking at. Obviously the announcement (of the iPad) is really fresh and there's nothing to announce or nothing that I can talk to you about today. Source: T3.com

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If you're going to be in Toronto on March 25th, you might want to check on the BNC Technology Forum: Calculated Risk: Adventures in Book Publishing. At least one of the sessions looks particularly interesting: Open Source ePub: Digital Books Liza Daly, Threepress Consulting One of the many challenges in digital publishing is a loss of control over the layout and design of ebooks. The

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Presented by the Association of Canadian Publishers and BookNet Canada, the ePub Boot Camp included a number of interesting sessions, and while it's not exactly like being there, you can review the PowerPoint presentations here. Taking Your Books to EPUB – What’s Under the Hood? Laura Dawson, Publishing Industry Consultant Best Practices for Creating EPUB Files Laura Dawson, Publishing

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Josessoft has released v2 of the utility PDF to ePub converter. This tool converts PDF files to ePub files, and can also convert HTML, XML, TEXT, Gif, JPEG files into an ePub file for reading with the iPhone, Sony Reader, Kindle and other eBook Readers. It costs $39.95.

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Bill gates thinks the iPad should have a keyboard "You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard – in other words a netbook – will be the mainstream on that" Apple may have TV shows for $1 when iPad rolls out Wednesday, the Financial Times reported that Apple may begin selling some US television shows over

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Google is planning it's own eBook market which would pay 63% to publishers and allow printing and cut and paste. The publishers are getting 70% from Apple, can set their own prices, and they don't like printing, and cut and paste.  What happens next?

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Retrevo Blog has a big post up where they proclaim Apple iPad Hoopla Fails to Convince Buyers. As proof, they site their survey on “consumer interest” in the iPad, where they found that in answer to the Question: “Have you heard about the Apple iPad” the answer “Yes, but I’m not interested in buying one” had gone from 26% to 52% after the announcement. An impressive number, and I know I’m a

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It isn't even out, but the Laptop-Computer already has an article comparing the iPad to it's two biggest eBook competitors. In the end, it all boils down to your need and your wallet. If you want a dedicated e-book reading device or looking for something at a cheaper price, then go for Amazon Kindle 2 or Nook. The e-book readers are smaller and ultra-portable and run longer than the iPad. [...]

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Single-copy sales of magazines at newsstands fell 9 percent in the second half of 2009. Overall circulation fell 2.2 percent and paid subscriptions fell by 1.1 percent. It is difficult to say how much of the decline is the result of consumers abandoning an old medium for the Web and how much results from the recession hitting people's budgets. Another factor is that publishers have been cutting

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If you're in Washington D.C., there's another Adobe Government Event (though it appears to be open to the general public) this Wednesday Feb 10th, which will be a seminar to discover the latest tips and tricks with Creative Suite 4 and Acrobat 9, followed be a 3D screening of the new film, Avatar. The seminar will evidently: Explore how Adobe tools were used in the production of this

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How will the iPad feel? Interesting article in Gizmodo (and more detailed at Uxmag) about the Apple interface guidelines for the iPad. As good as the Mac OS might have been, I always felt it was the consistency of the UI guidelines which really set the Mac experience apart from Windows in the early days. DOJ and Goggle Tango The U.S. Justice Dept is still unsure about Google's Book Search: "it

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MacWorld reports that developer Sahil Lavingia is planning to build a brand new iPhone app, from the ground up, in full public view, in a week. Starting on February 7th. Could be interesting for those that want to get "closer to the metal" than ePub.

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There's an update to Adobe Digital Editions available. This update fixes a number of bugs, adds support for Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) and for Mac OSX 10.6 (32 and 64 bit), but also removes support for Content Server 3. Read the Release Notes (PDF) Note that on Windows, when I ran the older version, a dialog came up asking if I wanted to update. What I didn't realize (at first) is that clicking

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Yesterday I grumbled about the margins in a document created in Sigil. I remember going to a talk by Dave Eggers where he said that he quite likes to write in Quark Xpress – a page layout program – because he likes to see “how it will look.” By "it" he meant the final piece. I can really appreciate that. For example, I often write these blog posts in Bloggers's editor (though sometimes I do

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I've always been fascinated by infographics. This post at noupe.com collects together some really interesting ones.

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Adobe has an upcoming eSeminar that will surely be eNgaging and cover the following: Best practices when using InDesign CS4 to export HTML/CSS for websites InDesign's ability to create Flash-based buttons, menus, navigation, and effects A sneak peek into Adobe's future plans for helping print designers embrace the web Sounds interesting. It will be held Tuesday, February 9th at 2:00pm EST, and is

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Murdoch says Macmillan is renegotiating with Amazon now over electronic book pricing. We don’t like the Amazon model of selling everything at $9.99. They don’t pay us that. They pay us the full wholesale price of $14 or whatever we charge. We think it really devalues books and it hurts all the retailers of the hard cover books. Major textbook publishers ink iPad deal Kaplan, Pearson Education,

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