Publishing Newsaudio-books / literary critique / war14 Comments
Samsung’s Next Smartphone Could Make Us Soon Forget The iPhone’s Retina Display – Apple’s iPhone 5 isn’t moving as many units as previous iPhones and Apple stock has dropped because of it. Apple’s competitors are cranking up the tech in their upcoming devices. Samsung’s next release has a screen that ... more >
Publishing Newsaudio-books / Barnes & Noble / Harlequin / Microsoft10 Comments
Barnes & Noble to launch in the UK in October – Barnes & Noble will launch http://nook.co.uk in Mid-October and will announce partnerships with “leading UK retailers” shortly. “The first products to be available when the company begins offering its products in the UK in mid-October include Barnes & Noble’s ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / Audible / audio-books / Deals / death / Reviewing / self-published20 Comments
I don’t have any beautiful eulogy to give Jobs and it’s not that I don’t believe that he deserves a beautiful eulogy. He does. He transformed our collective lives. But I have neither the connection nor the knowledge from which to give voice to a remembrance. I’ve read several and ... more >
Publishing Newsaudio-books / book prices / Contemporary / Conventions / Harlequin / JR-Ward / Reader Habits / Reader Opinions / Suzanne Brockmann / Toni-Blake34 Comments
Romance gossip I picked up in New York (unattributed to protect the innocent). The next hot thing appears to be the straight contemporary patterned after the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr. Several houses are trying to capitalize on this through marketing and repackaging. Mariah Stewart of Ballantine and Toni ... more >
Letters of OpinionAmazon / audio-books / Authors Guild / Kindle / Text to Speech25 Comments
Earlier today I read this report Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest at the technology news blog, Gizmodo, about a street protest held by members of the National Federation of the Blind against the Author’s Guild. As Gizmodo reports: "Basically the story is ... more >
Publishing Newsaudio-books / Intellectual Property Issues / Kindle6 Comments
Authors’ Guild is peeved about Kindle’s Text to Speech function and the Federation of the Blind is pushing back. "The National Federation of the Blind supports all technologies that allow blind people to have better access to the printed word, including the ability of devices like the Kindle 2 to ... more >