Offline capability is a key characteristic of modern Progressive Web Applications. There’s been steadily growing interest in making web applications survive in disconnected scenarios and Benjamin Young explains why this is so important.
All the tools you need to take your skills beyond ebooks
Podcast: We Read Too – Diversifying publishing with Kaya Thomas
Podcast: Information doesn't want to be free
Wrapping up our series of talks from Tech Forum 2015 is the incomparable Cory Doctorow. In this talk, he describes three laws of information-age creativity, freedom, and business that are woven deep into the fabric of the Internet’s design, the functioning of markets, and the global system of regulation and trade agreements. It’s deep stuff.
Storytelling Platform Storybird Makes Publishing Social for Young Writers
Toronto-based “visual storytelling” platform Storybird has garnered a large and engaged online following around the simple premise of enabling users to read, write, and share their own picture books.
We spoke to Mark Ury, Storybird’s CEO and cofounder, about reader trends, monetization, user experience design, and more.
House of Anansi Launches Massey Lectures App
If You Build It, They Will Build
As the book industry focuses on reaching web-enabled readers, there’s an increasing need for technologies, like apps and APIs, that can be built quickly and altered often. This is why last month, a week before BookExpo America, New York played host to a significant publishing event: the Publishing Hackathon!
How One App Helps Build Personal Ebook Libraries through Bundling
Just Browsing
How do you like to browse? Browse the internet, that is.
So many of us simply use whichever browser came pre-installed on our computers—and if you’re using a desktop PC, chances are that browser is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. If you click on a big blue ‘e’ to get to the internet from your computer, then you can count yourself among the Internet Explorer users across the country.
CMPTO Goes Retail
Last week, we hosted CMPTO’s very first retail edition. It was about time we got down to business with the fascinating new avenues of retail that are being introduced or re-introduced in the book market. We had three amazing speakers from vastly different backgrounds and organizations who each brought their own take on what retail means to them and their work.
