Apple’s very own iRadio service, conceived along the lines of Pandora, might finally be ready for launch this year. The new service, which will complement iTunes, is still being fine-tuned. BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield reports that Apple is currently negotiating with music companies to create the song catalogs. Apple had earlier tried to enlist the biggies in the business, … [Read more...] about Apple iRadio Expected to Be Launched in 2013
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Digital Publishing Gives Voice to Unlikely Authors
The industry surrounding both traditional and digital publishing has fully recognized that some authors and certain titles would never have seen publication if not for digital. While some argue still that this is a good thing, that traditional publishing and its gatekeepers help the quality of books by serving as a vetting portal and only letting the "good" books through, there … [Read more...] about Digital Publishing Gives Voice to Unlikely Authors
Bartlett’s Quotations Digital Giveaway
Little, Brown & Co. announced the news last week that its flagship title dedicated to preserving the words of notable people, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, was not only in its eighteen edition, but that the publication of this edition also focused on the creation of a digital app version of the beloved book. The app, available from iTunes, includes fun features such as … [Read more...] about Bartlett’s Quotations Digital Giveaway
Bartlett’s Quotations’ New Digital Face
One of the mainstay sources of famous quotations has long been the Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, but with its eighteenth edition, a digital facelift was in order. While the much-loved and revered print edition is still the definitive guide, the Bartlett’s app, available from iTunes for $3.99, is still filled with over 2,500 quotes from modern day notable people, in addition … [Read more...] about Bartlett’s Quotations’ New Digital Face
Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps
While parents might hesitate to hand Junior a $600 tablet to read a book, more and more parents are seeing the value in guiding young children through the basics of tablet computing. As a 21st century skill, tech savvy parents are responding to the wealth of content available for tablets in order to prepare their kids for the kinds of technological expectations they may find in … [Read more...] about Celebrating New Children’s Digital Apps
Digital Media Brings the Reader into the Book
GoodEReader.com reported last week on whole new interactive capabilities in electronic reading, such as the newly coined reality literature that allows the reader to engage with the story in never before experienced ways. The technology of e-reading allows authors and publishers to incorporate these features into downloadable ebooks, along with a wide variety of extra material … [Read more...] about Digital Media Brings the Reader into the Book
The Progression of Ebooks into Reality Literature
While one of the great benefits to digital publishing has been the access authors now have to a variety of methods for putting their books into the hands of readers, one could argue that the same thing could be its undoing for authors who are struggling to be heard in a market that is quickly being overrun with content. In order to make themselves stand out, entirely new … [Read more...] about The Progression of Ebooks into Reality Literature
New in Digital Reading for 2012
This is the time of year when sources start to close out their thoughts on the current year and make heady predictions for the coming year. New technology, new updates and upgrades, new content. And one of the sources that GoodEReader has been watching closely this year, iStoryTime and its parent company zuuka, have a few things up their sleeves for next year, throwing … [Read more...] about New in Digital Reading for 2012
Digital Reading Allows Game Backstory to Become Comics
With the improvements to digital reading that came about with the widespread development of full-color tablets, interactive children’s book apps and digital comics apps have taken off. GoodEReader recently reported on the Pocket God comics that grew out of the popular game of the same name, and now the creators of the multi-million-download Cut The Rope is releasing its own … [Read more...] about Digital Reading Allows Game Backstory to Become Comics
Financial Times Opts Out of iTunes Thanks to Competition
In a major daring step that takes a stab at some mainstays in the digital business, Financial Times pulled its app from iTunes in order to protest the 30% cut and retention of customers’ private information. Now, thanks to greater opportunities from the Android market and the development of its own iOS-compatible app that can be accessed through the devices’ web browsers, … [Read more...] about Financial Times Opts Out of iTunes Thanks to Competition