Archive for Kindle
Amazon finally unveiled its tablet, and it is not an iPad competitor. That doesn’t mean it will fail, on the contrary – I think the $199 Kindle Fire will sell like crazy because there is a market for a cheaper device. At least in the US where Amazon’s various content services are things people actually can swear by, how the company intends to conquer the rest of the world I have no idea, it isn’t happening yet that’s for sure.
Since I’m in the publishing business, writing books and whatnot, I figured I’d share my thoughts on the new Kindles. Continued →
This is an awesome experiment that any semi-serious journalist should take a closer look at. Gothamist wants to get in on the long-form feature thing, and will pay one journalist $5,000 to write a piece landing somewhere between 5,000 and 15,000 words.
We’ll cover the editing and production and then publish the piece to the various eBook singles platforms (Kindle, Apple, etc.) with a reasonable price: $1 to $3. Then we’ll handle advertising the piece on our NYC site. If this experiment makes a profit, we’ll share them with the writer once we’ve recouped our initial costs. Will this work? We’re not sure—but we want to find out.
I love it. The concept isn’t exactly new, new ventures such as Byliner are already dabbling in it in an organized fashion, but it is awesome nonetheless.
I have no idea how and if Lendle works, but I love the concept. Lend and borrow Kindle books, preferably mine!
If you’re following me on Facebook you saw this a few weeks ago, but I figured I’d put myself under some additional pressure by publishing my book writing goals for 2010 2011 here as well.
I’m going to write four books this year.
I’ll also see to it that four books get published this year. Continued →
I’m happy to report that Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful is not only available now in paperback, but also out now for you Kindle platform of choice
. I haven’t seen the Kindle version yet, but I bet it rocks…!
Great news for Kindle owners and WordPress lovers alike! My book, Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog, is now available for Kindle as well. Check it out if you prefer to read it that way, link from the Amazon page of course.
I’ll confess, at first I wasn’t particularly thrilled about an Apple tablet. Oven the months that have changed, along with the way my workflow have done the same. Today I don’t even want to imagine a day without the iPhone, in fact I’ve got two, not for the eventuality of one breaking down really but for other things. No matter what, it makes me a bit more calm.
You see, I write somewhere between 20 and 50 emails a day from my iPhone, I tweet and connect on Facebook, I read up on news and I entertain myself. It is a brilliant multi-purpose device that saves me time, something that is really valuable to me.
Realizing that, I would be a fool not to be the least curious, nay, thrilled about the prospect of an Apple tablet. Continued →
I already tweeted this, but I wanted to share it here also. There will be a Amazon Kindle version of my book Smashing WordPress: Beyond the Blog. Got it confirmed this morning, and I’m really happy about that.
