So what is Apple talking about with the publishing industry? As a reader points out, the last line of the FT‘s article over the weekend
about Apple’s developments in digital music — and its tablet device — may be its most interesting:
“Book publishers have been in talks with Apple and are optimistic about their services being offered with the new computer, which could provide an alternative to Amazon’s Kindle.” Click here to read more…
August 4th, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I’ll be SOOOOOO happy when an affordable and user-friendly means of reading electronic documents in bed finally arrives ! Not that I think it will ever completely replace paper books. But to be able to read downloaded books, blogs, etc, and long interesting emails, in bed, would be the height of decadence to me.
Didn’t you love Wilde’s line in A Good Woman/Lady Windermere’s Fan : America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without bothering to go through a civilisation phase.
August 4th, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Great reading,snappy and very informative.Well done