I reckon The Very Hungry Caterpillar can be reworked to work as an interactive ebook. I also think cookbooks will mostly be digital within a few years. The research proposal component of my shortlisted but unsuccessful 2011 Unwin Trust UK-Australian Fellowship proposal sets out some of my thoughts and questions on these and other issues related to the future of book publishing.
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Booktopia to sell Google ebooks
Sydney-based online retailer Booktopia has become the first Australian bookseller to partner with Google to sell ebooks.
Digital publishing movers and shakers
Before we get too far into 2011, it’s time to announce the ebookish.com.au award winners for 2010. We had planned to announce them between Christmas and New Year, but have been unable to think about anything ebookish other than whether it’s safe to take Kindles and iPads to the beach or swimming pool until now.
Have your say on a huge year in Australian digital publishing
Later today we’ll announce the winners of the inaugural ebookish awards – so you have a small window in which to ponder our lists of finalists, drop us a line via Twitter (@ebookish #ebookishawards) or leave a comment on this page to tell us who (or what) should top each category and why, to suggest contenders we’ve overlooked, and to make predictions about next year.
Dell Streak vs Sony Reader Pocket
Android-powered and sleek looking, the Dell Streak is a small tablet or a large smartphone, depending on how you look at it. How does it compare with the Sony Reader Pocket, a dedicated e-reader which also offers a 5” touchscreen?
Digital could form 20-30pc of market
Digital titles could make up between 20 and 30 per cent of the trade book market within two to five years, according to industry representatives who attended a round table event on the future of reading last month.
Hands on with Sony’s Readers and Kindle 3: and the winner is …
We’ve taken a first look at Sony’s Readers and latest Kindle in order to fill you in on the pros and cons of each. But we think there’s another device coming that’ll kill them all.
Five million e-ink devices sold in 2009
According to a Sony spokesman, some five million e-ink reader devices were sold worldwide in 2009, and sales are projected to hit 12 million this year. Wow.
Sony partners with Borders, A&R to bring its ereaders to Australia
It’s taken six years, but Sony has at long last brought its ereader range – in the form of the just-launched Sony Reader Touch ($299) and Pocket Editions ($229) – to Australia, partnering with Borders and Angus & Robertson in the process.