On the iPad, eBook Readers and Digital Publishing
Whilst people rave about how ‘revolutionary’ Apple’s iPad is, I’ve been so unenthused about the device, even before it was released. Aside from doing all of these other functions that may or may not be...
View ArticleMeanland: Reading in a Time of Change
Last night I was fortunate enough to go to my first event at the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, now known as The Wheeler Centre. The professional looking space is on the Little Lonsdale...
View ArticleFuck you, Amazon; I bought a Sony Reader
Tax time, for me, usually means new gadgets and this year was no exception with myself now holding, in my hot little hands, a Sony Reader – the 6” Touch edition. For all the talk about eReaders and...
View ArticleSorry, this title is unavailable: the state of digital book selling in Australia
I’ve owned a Sony Reader Touch edition since mid-September. It’s a device I’d been waiting to hit the Australian market and I believed more access to devices like these, as well as the Kindle and Kobo,...
View ArticleReadings and SPUNC reject eReaders with new eBook Store
Books from independent Australian publishers have made their long awaited entry into the eBook market this morning. With the opening of the Readings eBook store in conjunction with SPUNC, a whole range...
View ArticleHow is my eBook going?
Sanity Juxtaposed, my eBook that is now available on Smashwords, Amazon, Kobo Books, Borders.com.au and the iBookStore (as well as others) has been out for a little over three months now and so I’m...
View ArticleRefocusing on submissions and short fiction
Things can change pretty dramatically sometimes. Focus can change and shift all of a sudden (as can a dictator’s hold on power) and yesterday was one of those days. Can you notice something? After the...
View ArticleAll problems start with DRM
This piece was originally published on Shane Jiraiya Cummings’ blog where he kindly invited me to participate in ‘The Grand Conversation on eBooks.’ Check out his site for a heap of other great posts...
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