Exact Editions Blog

We have been taking a preliminary look at the Apple announcement of the iPad. It looks like a fabulous machine and we can not wait to get our hands on one. It seems to be just right. Just right for digital editions. Here are five really good points:

1. It should be affordable by the mass market. $500 is an excellent entry price
2. It is large enough (nearly A4) to give a rich visual and touch experience, but still small enough

The big news today is the launch of the Apple Tablet yesterday. Gizmodo has a helpful summary of features.

We have also just released a new version of our generic iPhone App Exactly, which has an important improvement. It allows the user to sync the latest issue of her subscription to the phone. This makes the reading experience much more consistent and speedier, and of course it is then feasible to read the latest issue of the magazine on … Keep Reading

The best blog posting on the Apple Tablet that I have read this week is at Gizmodo, by Jesus Diaz, The Apple Tablet Interface Must be Like This.

Anybody blogging now about the Tablet has an excellent chance of being proven wrong in 5 days time. But the most interesting aspects of Diaz’s piece are historical, where he speculates about the interface by thinking about what has already gone before, in which he notes that the iPhone has already … Keep Reading

There has been some reports of Twitter’s growth slowing in recent months. ReadWrite web reports some HubSpot research which shows Twitter’s growth slowing to merely 3.5% month on month growth in October; down from 12% in March 09. But it all depends what you are measuring. It seems unlikely that the Twitter investors are getting anxious. HubSpot is measuring new users and followers and the really interesting change is that Twitter usage is growing very fast still, but most of … Keep Reading

The other day I was talking (mostly listening) to someone who works in trade publishing. That is the kind of publishing in which books are ‘sold’ for advances of £25K, or maybe £250K, or very occasionally more than a million smackeroos. This friend/acquaintance was explaining that the house she works for controls very few of the electronic/digital rights in the books they publish and she was frustrated that agents seem highly reluctant to grant any rights, or even to experiment … Keep Reading