Social matters more and more, and that is why Amazon bought Goodreads, a recommendation service with social sharing capabilities. I have long said that book shops are to close, there is no need for most of them. I get most of my reading suggestions from charts and friends, and not from people working in book shops. And I am not a collector of books on shelfs. I can’t stand seeing pocket books collecting dust! Amazon has had a brilliant commenting and reviewing system on their site, […] Continue reading →
Bence Máté is an award winning wildlife photographer and a dear friend of mine. He is the one who had the patience to teach me the basics when it comes to bird photography. Bence is soon out with the book The Handbook of Bird Photography (Rocky Nook), co-authored with Markus Varesvuo and Jari Peltomaki. The book covers equipment, shooting techniques (exposure, focus, how to show movement and freeze action, etc.), bird behavior, hides, how to attract birds, use light, compose and crop […] Continue reading →
I just got to borrow a Kindle Paperwhite from a colleague. Did the best ereader get better? Oh yes, it really did! Buzzwords I’ve heard all the buzzwords: Paperwhite display offers 62% more pixels, and renders exceptionally sharp, clear text and images. Kindle Paperwhite’s screen has 25% higher contrast. Crisp, dark text against a brilliant white background makes for the perfect read. You can adjust your screen’s brightness to create a perfect reading experience in all […] Continue reading →
After having played with iBooks Author yesterday, I today bought my first iBook. It had to be “The Invisible Wildlife Photographer” by Bence Máté. I’ve visited him a couple of times and I already have the book in its paper version. I wanted to see two things, if he managed to recreate the book in the same great quality digitally, and if so, how good could an iBook become. The 170 pages book has been turned in to a 563,1 MB download that includes 9 high definition video […] Continue reading →
iBooks Author is a WYSIWYG app for creating digital books for the iPAD. It is available free on the Mac App Store. iBooks Author is Apple’s tool to win the battle against Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes and Noble’s Nook, and Apple aim to revolutionise modern textbooks by bringing interactivity to the learning experience. The iBook format is very similar to the ePUB 3 standard, not only can you add images to your pages, the reader can zoom in or out of them. You can insert […] Continue reading →
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