More eBook Discussion

Links of note

Here’s our growing list of recommended links and articles and blogs by people on the eVolution of books, such as the brilliant and generous blog by William King which offers his own facts and figures when it comes to ebooks- six months after he began. And any day now, he will post his one year round up and we will list that, too.

Have an interesting or helpful link to add to this list? Leave it in a comment below.

• The E-Book Experiment: 6 Month Report – When I started my e-book experiment I decided I would wait six months before passing any judgements. That would be a long enough period to collect some data and see how the whole thing worked for me… by William King
• Amazon v. Apple – Two years ago, Hachette, one of the world’s largest publishers, whose books include Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, insisted that Amazon sell its ebooks under an ‘agency’ agreement…
• Blowing up the Book – A new crop of digital books comes loaded with videos, songs, animated shorts and pop-up graphics. Is this the future of publishing?
• Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is. – Chip Kidd doesn’t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book — and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. In one of the funniest talks from TED2012, he shows the art and deep thought of his cover designs.
• Meeting Gorillas in the Jungle: the story so far of e-books in Australia – by Henry Rosenbloom
• Tania Sheko’s Library tagged ‘eBooks’ on Diigo – A collection of articles on eBooks, sourced by eBook Debate contributor Tania Sheko.
• The e-Future – The topic is daunting. Imagine someone coming up to Gutenberg while he was working out the kinks on his first press and asking, “So, John, where’s this printing thing going?”
• UOW Writing Panel: Tips on publication – transcript of the panel led by Prof. Ivor Indyk (Founding publisher and editor of Heat, and Giramondo Book Imprint), Dr. Angelo Loukakis (Author, former publisher with Harper Collins and Schuster and Schuster, Author advocate),  Ms Pip Newling (Memoir writer, bookseller and book blogger), and Dr Susan Hawthorne (Poet, novelist, political activist. Director of Spinafex Press)
• Bret Victor – Inventing on Principle – You don’t need to be a programmer to see where he going with his ideas.  His personal website is great (his bio is brilliant: Bret Victor – purveyor of impossible dreams)