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September 12, 2014

Friday News: Vook buys Byliner, reading habits of Millennials, banishing U2 from your iPhone, and Tahari’s low-tech, high-tech fashion

JanetPublishing Newsdata / digital publishing / Ebooks / fashion / iPhone / iTunes / Libraries / reading / research3 Comments

Failed e-singles startup Byliner acquired by digital publisher Vook – Digital publishing service Vook has purchased Byliner, which was aimed at selling long form journalism in a digital format. There is still a lot of uncertainty around how authors contracted for projects through Byliner will be paid, but those whose ... more >

September 10, 2014

Wednesday News: Apple announces new products, Barnes & Noble loses less money this quarter, Man Booker Prize is now multinational, and victim blaming Janay Rice

JanetPublishing NewsApple / Apple Watch / Barnes & Noble / Booker Prize / diversity / domestic violence / iPhone / literary prizes / NFL / Race16 Comments

Apple Watch, iPhone 6, and More: The Apple Announcement from A to Z – So the dreamers were correct – Apple did, indeed, introduce three new products, including two new iPhones and the much anticipated Apple Watch, which holds absolutely no appeal for me (yet), but will at least stop ... more >

August 28, 2014

Thursday News: Will Apple introduce the iWatch in September, OverDrive’s new and enhanced app, NYPL book recs, and Sanrio’s “cruel trick”

JanetPublishing NewsAdobe / Apple / Hello Kitty / iPhone / iWatch / Libraries / Overdrive / recommendations / Sanrio / smart watch / Smartphone13 Comments

Will Apple unveil the iWatch at the same time as the iPhone 6? – Gigaom picks up on the Re/Code story that claims a September 9th release of the new iWatch, along with the new Apple iPhone models. Gigaom is not so convinced, but it’s an interesting rumor and one ... more >

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May 23, 2014

Friday News: Facebook wants to violate your privacy again, device security faces new challenges, food poisonings revealed via Yelp, and reviving old words

JanetPublishing NewsBook-club / Facebook / History / iPhone / language / privacy / reviews / security / vocabulary / Yelp16 Comments

Do You Want Facebook Listening to Your iPhone? – Type in a Facebook update over your iPhone and everything the phone hears will be recorded, part of Facebook’s ambition to link everything in your life to, well, pretty much everyone else. Apparently this is an opt-in feature, but it’s not ... more >

April 17, 2014

Thursday News: iPhone too small and expensive, is Star Wars just for white men, new imprint at Little, Brown, and an interview with Andrés Neuman

JanetPublishing NewsApple / Big 5 publishers / children's lit / Galaxy / gender / iPhone / Literary fiction / Samsung / Star WarsComments Off on Thursday News: iPhone too small and expensive, is Star Wars just for white men, new imprint at Little, Brown, and an interview with Andrés Neuman

Internal Apple presentation on the iPhone: ‘Consumers want what we don’t have’ – A very interesting post, based on Apple’s internal slides from the Samsung-Apple legal morass, which shows that the market spot that the iPhone controls is basically outside what consumers want on both price (less than $300) and ... more >

June 9, 2013

Reading with iOS 101, a reading app guide – Revisited

JaneEbooksBlueFire / Digital Reading Apps / iBooks / iPad / iPhone / iPhoneTomes / Kindle / Kobo / Marvin / MegaReader / Nook10 Comments

Last week Brian posted an update of reading apps for Android devices. Today I’m revisiting the major reading apps for the iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone and iTouch. Because of the prevalence of the iPhone and iTouch devices, all the images here are from the iPhone/iTouch except for the Marvin reading ... more >

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