Swinging between Amazon and Apple with the ebook publishers

You’ve got to give Jeff Bezos credit for cojones, if not business savvy. The guy still hasn’t learned to stay off the trapeze without a net. Motoko Rich of the NY Times and Christina Warren of Mashable both report this week that Amazon is back to swinging wildly from the… Read more“Swinging between Amazon and Apple with the ebook publishers”

Eating the omelet

Two more links, and then I’m done with this Amazon-MacMillan-Apple three-way patty-cake until someone—I don’t know what—launches their opponent into outer space on a rocket or something. The Guardian. Yes, that’s in London. Venessa Miemis at Emergent by Design. And I am RIGHT NOW writing the post to announce the… Read more“Eating the omelet”

Making fun of Apple marketing

Oh, look! Something shiny! That’s my first reaction to the official Apple description of the iPad. My sys admin sent me links to about six in-depth computer industry articles on the much-touted Apple e-reader yesterday, which—since I am just a tiny bit OCD—I read all of. By the time I… Read more“Making fun of Apple marketing”