The lazy, social, anti-DRM pattern for digital books
It’s 2am, and I’ve just finished a great novel. My significant other went to sleep hours ago. My best friend, who lives across the country, would love this book, so I make a mental note to tell him...
View ArticleOn TOC: Read anything on the Kindle
As part of an on-going series on exploring the hidden corners of the Kindle, a post on using an undocumented image browsing feature to read complex PDFs or image-based documents: How to Read any Type...
View ArticleSome ebooks are buggy — report them
Many ebooks aren’t going through the same kind of quality control that regular books do. That’s been my experience and that of other ebook consumers. I’m not talking about technical problems here as...
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On the contentious subject of ebook pricing
I had meant to include this as a slide in my e-reader talk but didn’t have time. I think we can all agree that this is a don’t. (There’s a free sample though!)
View ArticleFrom the archives: The lazy, social, anti-DRM pattern for ebooks
This post from August 2008 contains some my thinking at the time about how to make ebook reading and shopping experiences more social. I’m surprised that none of it has happened yet; even the limited...
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Nook unboxing photos
Here are some frankly terrible iPhone camera photos I took as I struggled with unboxing the Nook, which appears to be shipped in some kind of impenetrable force field. Seriously, it took me 8 minutes...
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Nook as an ePub renderer: review
(There’s an updated post on the 1.1.0 firmware.) This isn’t a full review of the device. In particular, I don’t cover purchasing books or reading PDB or PDF books at all. I was mainly interested in...
View ArticleNook 1.1.0 firmware update report
This morning my Nook updated to version 1.1.0. I ran through some of the tests in my original Nook/epub review. Other comments on the update are on Teleread. Locations of My Documents change I had...
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Designing ebooks for ePub reading engines (video)
The video of my session at BookNet Canada Tech Forum is now posted over on their site (scroll down to 1pm): In the video you can enjoy the dramatic moment when the lights inexplicably dim and I think...
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On digital distractions: quote in New York Times blog
Only indirectly related to ebooks, but a familiar problem for those who now juggle multiple ereaders and mobile devices: I’ve got a quote further down the page: Read the complete quote and also try...
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Recent posts to the O’Reilly TOC blog
On the O’Reilly Tools of Change blog recently: Processing the deep backlist at the New York Times, a report from OSCON Optimizing web content for the Kindle, using Bookworm screenshots The latter is...
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The virtues of going incognito: private web browsing
We’ve all been there. Your mind wanders during your daily routine and then suddenly your interest is piqued by a random, rogue question. It lingers persistently and blocks all other attempts at...
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Dig into National Cyber Security Awareness Month with these Safari Titles
In honor of National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2015, we have put together a list of some of the newest and most popular security titles available in Safari. Abusing the Internet of Things by...
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