Digital publishing is not as simple as saving a print book in a different format (say ePub) and uploading it to a retailer’s website. In the case of the ebook version of Bill Bryson’s latest offering, a series of misplaced text remnants from the print version have provided a distraction to at least one reader.
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Amazon slashes Kindle pricing
Amazon has reduced the price of its base model Kindle device to $189.
Hopping into digital reading
Beatrix Potter’s bunnies must be hopping with excitement. Her classic illustrated children’s books have been adapted for television, film and even ballet. Now Australian developer LoL Software is creating iPhone apps for a dozen of the books for the British arm of Penguin Books.