Ebooks: the new reading + iPad | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/ebooks-the-new-reading+technology/ipad Index en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2015 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:59:37 GMT 2015-07-03T16:59:37Z en-gb Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2015 The Guardian http://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png http://www.theguardian.com E-reading app Addr: when annotation’s what you need… http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/11/addr-e-reading-app-ipad-annotation-ebooks A new app for iPad lets you share your annotations of texts with friends and colleagues. Are ebooks finally catching up with the rest of the online world?<p>I had a frustrating experience over Christmas: an online film rental service&nbsp;took my money, and then refused to show me the film I’d paid for&nbsp;because their internal licensing system was broken. I’m not naming them because I like them, they refunded&nbsp;me, and they’ve since fixed the&nbsp;problem, but it did send me scurrying across the internet for other sources. Eventually I watched it on another service I’d rather not have given&nbsp;money to, but I did it legally, for those keeping score. (It was Nic Roeg’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfccDapMA14" title=""><em>The Man Who Fell to Earth</em></a> by the way. Perhaps it’s in the nature of the&nbsp;internet. Just waves in space…)</p><p>This little episode probably predisposed me towards the creators of <a href="http://getaddr.co/" title="">Addr</a>, a new e-reading app for iPad, with intentionally limited features and a&nbsp;strong focus on sharing and annotation. Addr was built by two French brothers who state on their blog: “We don’t think anything centralised is good for the economy, we will never ever use stolen money – neither from governments nor central banks. All our financial sheets and transactions are to be made in Bitcoin.” This anti-centralisation doctrine extends to recommending not only the <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/" title="">Project Gutenberg</a> free ebook site as a source for their users, but also the more legally dubious <a href="http://lib.estrorecollege.org/" title="">Library Genesis</a>, a&nbsp;Russian repository of millions of pirated books.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/11/addr-e-reading-app-ipad-annotation-ebooks">Continue reading...</a> Ebooks Technology iPad Tablet computers Books Culture Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:15 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/11/addr-e-reading-app-ipad-annotation-ebooks Photograph: /PR Addr: 'beautifully designed, relatively easy to use'. Photograph: /PR Addr: 'beautifully designed, relatively easy to use'. James Bridle 2015-01-11T12:00:15Z A single publisher going it alone won't counter the might of Amazon http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/27/ebooks-harper-collins-direct-sales-amazon-competition Competition between publishing houses here and in the US means they stand little chance of ending Amazon's dominance<p>A couple of weeks ago, <a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/" title="">HarperCollins</a> rolled out a new website in the US that allows customers to buy ebooks direct from the publisher, and will follow with a new UK site next month. It is, of course, citing it as a community-building exercise (which means brand-building), and a way of ensuring that its authors' books are always available to the public. In truth, HarperCollins is currently locked in a pricing dispute with Amazon, as are several other publishers. Amazon recently started blocking pre-orders and delaying shipments on certain Hachette titles as part of a move to remand a higher cut of the retail price.</p><p>As Amazon currently has some 60% of the global ebook market, it is difficult to argue with. But few&nbsp;publishers have built viable alternative infrastructures for selling ebooks – Hachette's website just directs visitors to Amazon and iBooks, while Penguin's requires the reader to have Adobe Digital Editions installed, a whole other round of trouble.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/27/ebooks-harper-collins-direct-sales-amazon-competition">Continue reading...</a> Amazon.com E-readers Ebooks Kindle iPad Technology Books Culture Sun, 27 Jul 2014 11:30:00 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/27/ebooks-harper-collins-direct-sales-amazon-competition Alamy Competition between publishing houses here and in the US means they stand little chance of ending Amazon’s dominance. Photograph: Alamy Alamy Competition between publishing houses here and in the US means they stand little chance of ending Amazon’s dominance. Photograph: Alamy James Bridle 2014-07-27T11:30:00Z The Winnie app proves the pooh-poohers wrong http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/23/ebooks-winnie-pooh-app-ipad The decision to abridge Winnie-the-Pooh for an app is far from the assault on children's literacy the critics claim it to be<p>Not since Disney started tinkering with&nbsp;him has Winnie-the-Pooh been the subject of such controversy. Publisher Egmont's decision to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/jun/15/winnie-the-pooh-app-review" title="">abridge&nbsp;AA Milne's stories for a new app</a> has caused a backlash, including a derisory leader in the <em>Times</em> and a debate on the <em>Today</em> programme.</p><p>The app's designer was quoted as saying: &quot;Today's children's attention spans are slightly different to how they were in 1926. We have a minute to get them on board. If not, they will move on to the next app.&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/23/ebooks-winnie-pooh-app-ipad">Continue reading...</a> AA Milne Literacy iPad Ebooks Books Apps Tablet computers Education Technology Culture Sun, 23 Jun 2013 15:00:01 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/23/ebooks-winnie-pooh-app-ipad PR Egmont's Winnie-the-Pooh app: it really is rather good, whatever the sceptics may say. PR Egmont's Winnie-the-Pooh app: it really is rather good, whatever the sceptics may say. Anna Baddeley 2013-06-23T15:00:01Z Interactive novels: pretty but pretty exhausting http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/05/interactive-novels-thirty-nine-steps The iPad app of John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is breathtaking to look at but the storytelling is desperately slow<p>If you're intrigued by interactive storytelling and want to find out what the fuss is about, then take a look at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-39-steps/id632665383?mt=12" title="">iPad app of John Buchan's <em>The Thirty-Nine Steps</em></a>. Made by Faber in partnership with <a href="http://thestorymechanics.com/" title="">the Story Mechanics</a>, it is visually stunning and technically brilliant, lovingly crafted and faithful to the novel. An unbelievable effort has gone into creating a pitch-perfect 1910s feel, from the illustrations and sound effects to the virtual props, including old facsimiles of the <em>Observer</em>.</p><p>It is, in short, the most impressive example of interactive storytelling I've seen. Thing is, I'm not sure I like interactive storytelling.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/05/interactive-novels-thirty-nine-steps">Continue reading...</a> iPad Apps Technology Fiction Ebooks Books Culture Sat, 04 May 2013 23:03:00 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/05/interactive-novels-thirty-nine-steps PR ‘Visually stunning’: the iPad app of John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps. PR ‘Visually stunning’: the iPad app of John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps. Anna Baddeley 2013-05-04T23:03:00Z Why Faber Voices is well worth shouting about http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/13/faber-voices-ipad-iphone-poetry Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and co speak for themselves in 20-minute poetry selections for iPhone and iPad<p>The biggest cheer on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01px3vc/Room_101_Extra_Storage_Series_2_Episode_1/" title=""><em>Room 101</em></a> the other week came when John Craven said he wanted to banish ebooks to oblivion. I can't remember his reasons, nor Frank Skinner's defence: the print versus &quot;e&quot; non-debate is so yawningly predictable that I zoned out. What is it about our culture that forces us to pick&nbsp;sides?</p><p>As any former presenter of a current affairs programme should know, nowadays all sensible people are bi-textual, opting for digital or paper when it suits. Claiming one is better than the other is just silly. Except sometimes &quot;e&quot; beats print hands down. Faber's new poetry series for iPhone and iPad, Faber Voices, is a shimmering case in point.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/13/faber-voices-ipad-iphone-poetry">Continue reading...</a> Poetry Ebooks Philip Larkin Ted Hughes Wendy Cope Seamus Heaney iPhone iPad Apps Technology Books Culture Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:05:17 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/13/faber-voices-ipad-iphone-poetry Jane Bown/Jane Bown Twenty Larkin poems are narrated by the poet as part of Faber’s new series for iPad and iPhone. Photograph: Jane Bown Jane Bown/Jane Bown Twenty Larkin poems are narrated by the poet as part of Faber’s new series for iPad and iPhone. Photograph: Jane Bown Anna Baddeley 2013-01-13T00:05:17Z Big magazine reads for the&nbsp;small screen http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/23/matter-magazine-digital-app Matter and The Magazine, two promising subscription publications designed for digital reading, point to a new journalistic niche<p>In a recent essay, writer and designer Craig Mod outlined what he termed <a href="http://craigmod.com/journal/subcompact_publishing/" title="">Subcompact Publishing</a> – simple, small-scale publications suited to the internet and digital reading. In particular, he praised two new subscription-based magazines, both available on the web and as apps or ebooks.</p><p><a href="https://www.readmatter.com/" title=""><em>Matter</em></a> is a new science and technology magazine, commissioning long-form, investigative journalism, with each article made available for 99&cent; (61p). <em>Matter</em>'s first article shows its mettle: Anil Ananthaswamy's 7,826-word piece investigates the phenomenon of voluntary amputation: an uncomfortable but compelling read. Meanwhile, <a href="http://the-magazine.org/" title=""><em>The Magazine</em></a> appears twice a month, featuring four short, tech-friendly articles for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/magazine-for-geeks-like-us./id557744510?mt=8" title="">&pound;1.49 per month</a>. Both feature a simple, pared-back design that makes online reading easy, and tight integration with <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Do-No-Harm-Perfectly-ebook/dp/B00A5X2YRE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1355417213&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=do+no+harm" title="">Amazon's Kindle store</a>, in the case of <em>Matter</em>, and Apple's Newsstand, in the case of <em>The Magazine</em>, to make offline reading easy too.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/23/matter-magazine-digital-app">Continue reading...</a> Ebooks Magazines Technology Books Culture iPad iPhone Dave Eggers Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:05:27 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/23/matter-magazine-digital-app Chris Ware/Chris Ware Chris Ware’s iPad-only comic, Touch Sensitive, is available via the McSweeney’s app. Photograph: Chris Ware Chris Ware/Chris Ware Chris Ware’s iPad-only comic, Touch Sensitive, is available via the McSweeney’s app. Photograph: Chris Ware James Bridle 2012-12-23T00:05:27Z A Clockwork Orange to scare you all over again http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/30/clockwork-orange-burgess-app-ipad The iPad app of Anthony Burgess's novel is a spectacular winner<p>&quot;A nasty little shocker&quot; was how the <em>TLS</em> described <em>A Clockwork Orange </em>when it was published in 1962. Half a century on, Anthony Burgess joins TS Eliot and Shakespeare in having his work turned into a blockbuster <a href="http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/lp/aclockworkorangeapp" title="">iPad app</a>.</p><p>Like Faber's pioneering <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/12/ts-eliot-waste-land-ipad-app" title=""><em>The Waste Land</em></a><em> </em>and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jul/08/the-sonnets-william-shakespeare-app" title=""><em>The Sonnets</em></a><em> </em>apps, <em>A Clockwork Orange</em> (William Heinemann and PopLeaf, &pound;9.99) combines interactive text, archival documents and video and sound recordings in a lavish production that for once warrants the words &quot;unique&quot; and &quot;spectacular&quot; in the press release.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/30/clockwork-orange-burgess-app-ipad">Continue reading...</a> Ebooks Anthony Burgess Apps iPad Books Culture Martin Amis Tom Hollander Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:04:08 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/30/clockwork-orange-burgess-app-ipad PA Malcolm McDowell in the 1972 film of A Clockwork Orange. Photograph: PA PA Malcolm McDowell in the 1972 film of A Clockwork Orange. Photograph: PA Anna Baddeley 2012-09-29T23:04:08Z O! that Shakespeare could have downloaded this app http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/08/the-sonnets-william-shakespeare-app A new iPad app exploring Shakespeare's sonnets has the power to stir passions you never knew you had<p>Before last week, my closest encounter with Shakespeare's sonnets was a year&nbsp;9 English lesson, where <a href="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/73.html" title="">Sonnet&nbsp;73</a> was the launchpad for a tour of extended metaphor, personification and iambic pentameter, and our homework was to write a poem from the point of view of a tree. For some reason, I hadn't felt the urge to return to them since.</p><p>If only our teacher had been able to show us Touch Press and Faber's new iPad app, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sonnets-by-william-shakespeare/id528646395?mt=8" title="">The Sonnets by William Shakespeare</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/08/the-sonnets-william-shakespeare-app">Continue reading...</a> Poetry Apps William Shakespeare iPad Technology Books Culture Sat, 07 Jul 2012 23:04:03 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/08/the-sonnets-william-shakespeare-app Murdo Macleod/Murdo MacLeod Kim Cattrall is among the celebrity performers of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Murdo Macleod/Murdo MacLeod Kim Cattrall is among the celebrity performers of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Photograph: Murdo Macleod Anna Baddeley 2012-07-07T23:04:03Z What are London's tube travellers e-reading? http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/29/ebooks-london-tube-travellers-ereading Anna Baddeley asked a dozen commuters what they had on their e-readers<p>The success of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/data/book/romance/9780099579939/fifty-shades-of-grey" title=""><em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em></a> let the world in on the e-reader's dirty little secret: its ability to conceal less than respectable reading matter. But are we really only downloading mommy porn and cheap thrillers? I asked commuters on the London underground to tell me what was on their e-readers.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/29/ebooks-london-tube-travellers-ereading">Continue reading...</a> Books E-readers Kindle iPad Culture Gadgets Hunter S Thompson Fiction Technology Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:05:05 GMT http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/29/ebooks-london-tube-travellers-ereading Corbis/Corbis Hunter S Thompson photographed in 1977 – now read on a Kobo. Photograph: Corbis Corbis/Corbis Hunter S Thompson photographed in 1977 – now read on a Kobo. Photograph: Corbis Anna Baddeley 2012-04-28T23:05:05Z
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