Posts tagged ebooks

More ideas on iPad design

Jul 29th

Which is harder, designing for the iPad or having your app approved?

Time Inc. Frustrated by Apple Over iPad Subscription Issue – Apple rejects Sports Illustrated app that would allow in-app subscriptions. Whaaat?
An In-Depth Look at How People Are Using the iPad – The biggest category that has been affected by the iPad is that of standalone e-readers.
Derek Powazek – Thoughts on Designing for iPad – From the article: ”Design language [is] still emerging. We’ve had 15 years to figure out a visual language for the web, and it’s still evolving. The iPad has a few conventions, but they’ll look as silly in a year or two as the candy-colored iMacs look now.”
More Touchscreen Innovation: ABC News for iPad Launches – Another example of user interface madness spawned by the iPad.
Newsweek for iPad – How NOT To Do a Digital Magazine – Author’s summary: “It’s crap – don’t waste your time.”

Jun 22nd

HTML, ePub, apps, or proprietary formats: What’s the best way of getting content into readers’ readers?

E-Book Apps: You’re Doing It Wrong – Imagine that, in addition to listening to music in iTunes (or Windows Media Player, or whatever), there were some albums that you had to install. When you wanted to listen to those albums, you’d need to fire up your special Thriller, Dark Side of the Moon, or Rubber Soul program.
Book and Beyond – Premium ebooks from Random House – The extra content is designed to be used with Adobe® Digital Editions on a computer, as they require extra processing power to display! The extra content cannot be used on the Sony Reader or other hand held devices, as they do not have the capability to display the material.
VQR Now Available for the iPad – We have produced what we believe to be the most advanced ePub available. Period.
iPad Revisited: 5 Topics for Publishers to Consider – Aptara CTO Samir Kakar gives an update on what may be possible with the iPad. There seems to be more possibilities for enhanced media content in the ePub format.
Making an iPad HTML5 App & making it really fast – 7 tips for developing a fast HTML5 app for the iPad.