This was my second year attending BookCamp Toronto. I admit to having high expectations for this unconference ever since last year when I came away feeling ignited! Sadly I didn’t get the same fire started for me this time around. I’m not saying that BookCamp did not provide great discussion but that little extra something was missing. I think what it came down to was that I am exhausted!
iPad: Ten Days In
I’ll make my confessions right off the start:
* I have too many Apple products already. This might make me a ‘fanboy’, but in my defense I’m not solely an Apple user.
* I bought my iPad on the “grey-market” and I’m in Canada so there are some limitations with apps and such (I know there are ways around the iTunes market restrictions…shock).
* I love it!
EPUB and the iPad
E-Reading on the iPad: Where Will Your Content Come From?
Now that that the iPad announcement excitement (and screams of “I lost sound, do you have sound?” from across the office) have died down, let’s take a look at the iPad as an e-reader.
iPad, iBooks, iAwesome?
As some of you may have heard, Apple had their big tablet announcement today. What? Apple tablet announcement? Crazy, I know. And, no, Steve Jobs didn’t ride out on a unicorn as we all (ok, maybe only the BookNetters) had hoped.
Here’s a breakdown of the details plus a more extensive look at the ebook element.
Please Don't Disrupt: I'm Reading
It seems like the proliferation of tablets, ereaders and smartphones at CES this year has been a great incentive for everyone writing blogs. It is amazing to read all of the comments and predictions made about the publishing industry and reading with each new launch or promise of a device that will be the killer app for literature. Sound familiar to walkman land pre-ipod?
Nook + Kindle = Alex
CES 2010 is on and the gadgets will be flowing all week. I’m sure this won’t be the only eReader discussed this week, but Engadget has a gallery and short walkthrough of the Nook/B&N suing Alex by Spring Designs.
No More Nooks for Holiday Books
Barnes and Noble has announced that holiday pre-orders for their new eReader, the Nook, has outstripped devices available. So for those of you looking for a shiny eReader under the tree, seems like it will have to be a Nook Kindle.
Kindle Arriveth & Shortcovers Expandeth
As I’m sure all devotees of the eReader/digital book markets already know, Canadians are now able to purchase their very own Kindle (sans wireless—sort of) without having to resort to covert cross-border shopping excursions.
I’m going to leave other bloggers with the critique of the Kindle device itself (Mark Bertils does a great job at index//mb) and focus instead on another key component of eBook adoption: pricing.
