As the head honcho at Take Control books, Tonya Engst is closely watcing the changes in the eBook market, and delivers her take on how it has developed and exploded. Tonya comments on the Kindle and Kindle DX, their effect on textbook and newspaper publishing, and more. She also covers why users love the iPhone as an ebook reader, explains some challenges to ebook publishing you haven’t thought about, and how they affect you, and why size may trump function in selecting your ebook reader.
MacNotables is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac.
Links:
Chuck Joiner on Twitter
Tonya Engst on Twitter
TidBITS
Take Control books
Amazon Kindle
Kindle DX
Links for Kindle reading:
TidBITS on the Kindle
Free Kindle content from Cook’s Illustrated
Bruce Tognazinni on the iPhone vs. the Kindle as an ebook reader
Briefcase Lite (recommended app for transferring/reading PDFs on a
Kindle)
Project Gutenberg
Apps to check out if you want to explore ebook reading on the iPhone:
Eucalyptus (nice attention to visual details, accesses titles in the Project Gutenberg library)
Kindle app (iTunes Store link)
Bookworm
Stanza
Summary of eBook formats
MacNotables #917: Tonya Engst Discusses the Kindle DX, the iPhone and the Changing Landscape of eBooks
MacNotables is sponsored by SmileOnMyMac.
Links:
Chuck Joiner on Twitter
Tonya Engst on Twitter
TidBITS
Take Control books
Amazon Kindle
Kindle DX
Links for Kindle reading:
TidBITS on the Kindle
Free Kindle content from Cook’s Illustrated
Bruce Tognazinni on the iPhone vs. the Kindle as an ebook reader
Briefcase Lite (recommended app for transferring/reading PDFs on a
Kindle)
Project Gutenberg
Apps to check out if you want to explore ebook reading on the iPhone:
Eucalyptus (nice attention to visual details, accesses titles in the Project Gutenberg library)
Kindle app (iTunes Store link)
Bookworm
Stanza
Summary of eBook formats