There’s a long history of mixing interactivity into learning — and a new generation of tools can let that interaction come in acts of creation, not just consumption.
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Articles tagged ebooks (27)
January 20, 2012
January 17, 2012
Apple’s new rumored ebook-publishing tool could bring ease-of-use to a complicated process. That could have a big impact on the field.
December 16, 2011
Owni “doesn’t carry advertisements and publishes all of its content under a Creative Commons license. Selling products — including e-books — is its big bet.”
December 15, 2011
“The digital book project is a way of ensuring that these tips and anecdotes and character insights don’t get pushed aside, and instead are developed and given to readers in a format that puts them in the best light.”
December 14, 2011
“Our idea was to create a new way for writers to be able to tell stories at what had always been considered a financially awkward length.”
December 13, 2011
“…I liked the idea of being part of something new and something that attempts to reinvigorate the field of long-form journalism by re-engineering the business model that pays for it.”
August 11, 2011
Longer than a magazine article, shorter than a hardcover, it’s another exercise in ebook flexibility.
July 27, 2011
The model is to provide the kinds of book recommendations you’d get at your local indie bookstore — if you still have a local indie bookstore —and to build a business around it.
July 22, 2011
Ars Technica tries a new way to monetize a much-anticipated article with a Kindle ebook for Mac fans
John Siracusa’s epic reviews of Mac OS X are just the right length for an ebook — and readers are willing to pay for it.
April 14, 2011
February 28, 2011
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