Archive for August, 2010
5 pytań, które warto sobie zadać przy wyborze urządzenia do czytania e-książek
Coraz więcej osób zastanawia się nad zaprzyjaźnieniem się z książką w jej nowej, praktycznej, choć ciągle jeszcze kształtowanej formie elektronicznej. Zwykle nasze pytania krążą wokół samego urządzenia albo dostępnej treści. Ja chciałbym zaproponować zastanowienie się na wyborem urządzenia z punktu widzenia własnych preferencji. Najważniejsze jest przecież to, jak tobie będzie się czytało. Obecnie e-książki można [...]
Kindle 3 vs. iPad funny comparison feat. David Pogue [video]
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A geeky banner to Amazon Kindle Store which deserves its own blog post
Yesterday I’ve made this banner to draw attention of techies to my books at Kindle Store. I’m proud of it. It’s so shiny and beautiful – and links to short stories, which generally say shiny gadgets are not always perfect. You can read them on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry. From now on it’ll [...]
“Twilight” graphic novel for the iPad [video]
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Czy jesteś grafomanem, tak jak Seth Godin?
Niedawno ukazał się w Rzeczpospolitej artykuł, dosyć dobrze oddający stosunek polskich wydawców do autorów, a kończący się wnioskiem: Korzyść z tego, że grafoman przeniesie się do Internetu, jest oczywista – oszczędza się papier. Bardzo nieciekawe podejście, wynikającego ze słusznego jedynie częściowo założenia, że jeśli ktoś jest wystarczająco dobry, to publikuje na papierze, a jeśli nie [...]
Pirates have copyright notices, too [screenshots]
A couple of months ago I discovered some guys illegally published their edition of my book at Amazon. They took a content of a free book shared with a CC licence probably at Wattpad or Smashwords and are selling it for $11. Hell with them,… no, wait, they made it to #38 in Humor / [...]
Google Editions Delayed and Why It’s Good for Readers
A couple of days ago Reuters had news stating that Google Editions is “due to launch this fall”. It sounds like a hell of a delay. When first announced in October last year it was due to start in first months of 2010. Then it was about to launch in June or July. Now we [...]
Let iOS Users Download Your ePub Book Directly From a Tweet
This short post should be helpful for every writer who is using Twitter to direct iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to his book published in ePub format. Wouldn’t you like tweeple to read your book seconds after they discover it on Twitter? Here is a simple trick. Instead of tweeting a link to a [...]
The most useful robot in the world [video]
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Reading books on a mobile phone [video]
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Someone looking for “video rental store but for books” [funny&scary]
via thenextweb.com Is there any kind of like, you know, like… a DVD, but with words only? Posted via email from Password Incorrect
Google biggest product failures [infographic]
I hope this is not gonna happen to Google Editions. via makeuseof.com Posted via email from Password Incorrect
The present and future of e-books [presentation]
Please have a look at this wonderful presentation by Veronica Reynolds. The Present and Future of E-books on Prezi
Technologically processed thoughts on technology #8 [audio]
Download now or listen on posterous quote8.mp3 (52 KB) What is it? Read a description here. Posted via email from Password Incorrect
How Google Translate works? [video]
I’ll try to help those “billions of patterns” a bit, when writing Google-translated stories. Check what is this new project about at http://transtory.passwordincorrect.com via youtube.com Posted via email from Password Incorrect
Lonely Planet’s Discover guidebooks for iPad [video]
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The human body in html & php
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