Igby

Meet my pet blog.

Lean Back 2.0, a blog about reading on tablets brought to you by the Economist.

(Er, was there ever a Lean Back 1.0 or 1.5?)

1 year ago - 1

Nice. Simon & Schuster's new e-galley programme provides digital ARCs to the media.

3 years ago

Use this link to see if your friendly neighbourhood public library has any digital content for you to borrow.

3 years ago

More e-readers! This time it's Spring Design's dual-screen Android offering called... "Alex".

Maybe “Alex” and “Igby” can go on playdates.

3 years ago

HuffPo: Smashwords's Mark Coker on why e-books are hot and getting hotter.

See how Coker wavers between “e-books” and “ebooks”? That’s why we need editors.

Oh god, someone please hire me.

3 years ago

Sergey Brin in the NYT: A library to last forever.

This:

Others have questioned the impact of the agreement on competition, or asserted that it would limit consumer choice with respect to out-of-print books. In reality, nothing in this agreement precludes any other company or organization from pursuing their own similar effort. The agreement limits consumer choice in out-of-print books about as much as it limits consumer choice in unicorns.

3 years ago

Readers who sample chapters online are more likely to make a purchase, says LibreDigital.

3 years ago

NYT: American public libraries offer e-books to patrons.

*sigh* Always the United States…

3 years ago

Google to launch "cloud library" Google Editions next year.

*hopskipjump*

3 years ago

Taiwan has the technology for e-books, waits for Chinese readers to catch up.

3 years ago