Category Archives: epublishing

Is it any wonder people are switching to ebooks?

Posted on Friday, 9 March, 2012 by jmacg

Norwegian crimewriter Jo Nesbo is in Wellington for the New Zealand Arts Festival’s Readers and Writers Week and he’s making a splash on radio and television. Tomorrow there’s an in-store ‘Meet Jo Nesbo’ at Whitcoulls, where attendees can pick up … Continue reading →

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eBooks on a huge roll

Posted on Sunday, 30 January, 2011 by jmacg

Amazon says it is now selling more ebooks than paperbacks – 115 ebooks for every 100 paperbacks, in the last three months of 2010. Not long ago, Amazon was crowing about selling more ebooks than hardbacks. For ebooks to have … Continue reading →

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It’s an iPad world

Posted on Sunday, 24 October, 2010 by jmacg

I succumbed and bought an iPad. I wasn’t going to – I should have followed my usual rule of waiting until the second generation of a new product. And I wasn’t going to buy Apple anyway, on principle. I’d long … Continue reading →

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