A couple years ago, there were a lot of articles being shared online about how ereaders/tablets were "watching" their readers. In the digital age, privacy is a legitimate concern. In addition to hackers, companies collect and track data from their users/customers, and there's also concerns over how much the government sees. There's definitely a trade-off between convenience … [Read more...] about Privacy in the Digital World
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Reading E-Books, for Beginners
E-books are wonderful. It took me a few years after they became popular to make the transition from print to digital (though I still have many, many print books), but now that I've gotten used to digital, I prefer reading e-books. Granted, there are still some issues (since I make e-books, I own a few different devices, so I'm not a big fan of DRM), but I think overall there … [Read more...] about Reading E-Books, for Beginners
EPUB 3.0 Workflow
Today I attended part two of the Understanding EPUB 3 webcast series, called Working with EPUB 3 : How EPUB 3.0 Will Affect Your Workflow. Read about the first webcast here. Ron Severdia, the CTO of Metrodigi, was the guest speaker. Metrodigi is a conversion house that has been around for two years, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company focuses on … [Read more...] about EPUB 3.0 Workflow
An Overview of Digital Book World 2012
Digital Book World (DBW) is an annual conference that, according to its website, "offers trade publishers hard data on the state of the book business as well as actionable, proven strategies for taking immediate advantage of opportunities as they develop in today’s publishing industry." I was able to attend one day for free, in exchange for helping my entrepreneur friend run … [Read more...] about An Overview of Digital Book World 2012