Yesterday Amazon announced that for every 100 hardcover books sold they sold 143 Kindle versions of the same titles. This is the tipping point for the publishing industry and they are not going to like it. Just as iPod/iTunes killed the CD business (and record stores), eBooks are the end of dead tree print books [...]

As we try to get our first half dozen titles out there it is increasingly apparent that the publishing business is a total mess. Apple, Amazon Kindle, B&N’s Nook and the many other readers out there all have differing requirements for formatting eBooks. Though many use the ePub ’standard’, it is an open standard so [...]

(BTW, I totally made this up)
Apple will unveil an entirely new electronic book format next week and will provide the development tools free of charge to any publisher. Called iBooks, the software enables publishers to create interactive titles incorporating video, audio, color images and more. Books created in the format will be published exclusively via [...]

Apple has filed a wide ranging patent application for a home energy management system. While the patent is fairly complex, the concept is typically Apple: Elegant and easy to implement for the user. From what my non-engineer’s mind can see, the system adds a component to any household outlet (via a plugin adaptor or in [...]

Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader- what is the point? As a writer and avid reader I understand the appeal of carrying and accessing any books you want, wherever you want. If this was 1999 I’d think these things were very cool just like I thought my cell phone was cool, my Palm Pilot Pro was cool [...]

No this is not another speculation about upcoming Apple products based on rumor and innuendo. It is a logical argument that a tablet running the iPhone OS and apps from the App store is the obvious next step in computing from a strategic point of view.
First, take a look at all of those dedicated gadgets [...]