We had some technical issues regarding Dear Author’s iPhone Shelfserver but Zac Bedell, the developer of my favorite ebook iPhone reading application Bookshelf, has graciously agreed to host the DearAuthor Shelf.  As you can see by the above picture, the DearAuthor Shelf is automatically included with each install of the Bookshelf.  
Reading on the iPhone [...]

Amazon is banking on the idea that dedicated eBook readers are what will drive paper book readers to the digital format. A recent article in September’s Searcher magazine argues that it is not. Nancy K. Herther, an anthropology and sociology librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries, took a look at the history [...]

I’m doing some maintenance on the DearAuthor bookshelf for the iPhone and it will be inaccessible until further notice. Thanks guys!

I mentioned recently how much I would love for publishers to move to e-arcs as it would be so much cheaper, allow for more copies to be distributed, and create a smaller ecological footprint. Another reviewer asked me the appeal of ebooks as she wasn’t quite there yet.
I think that becoming e- acclimated takes [...]

Over the weekend, over 1 million iPhones were sold and lines are still forming outside Apple stores to obtain the latest innovation from Apple. The software update allowed for the existing half million phones to add third party applications. Since Friday, over 10 million applications have been downloaded from the AppStore. 8% [...]

You may not have heard, but Friday saw the release of the newest iPhone. It’s a 3G phone that sold for $199 (8 GB) and $299 (16 GB). Also released on Friday was the newest firmware for the iPhones and iTouches which made available third party applications for the first time*.
Two of the [...]

Bookshelf is the pro creation of Zac Bedell who developed the very first ebook reader for the iPhone. It costs $9.99 and comes with a java based shelfserver which provides a fairly easy way to load ebooks onto your iPhone. There were two things missing from the old Books.app and one was [...]

Apple’s AppStore is live and there are a couple of free ebook readers including Fictionwise’s eReader. According to the description, eReader allows for “direct wireless transfers of your content to the device’s internal storage for offline reading.” This says to me that you’ll be able to buy from Fictionwise directly from the [...]

Looking for a possible ebook reader? Apple unveiled its iPhone 2.0 today and it features almost DSL like download speeds (3G) and a price point of $199 for the 8 GB and $299 for the 16 GB. As I’ve mentioned before, the iPhone is my primary ebook reader. It’s something to think [...]

I know I promised to do a piece on the history of Net Neutrality legislation and what is the current state of the governmental proposals. I still intend to do that within the next couple of weeks. Today, though, is June 1, and next Tuesday, June 9, Steve Jobs will announce the release [...]