‘Rework’ from 37 Signals Coming Next Week

I pre-ordered the Kindle version of Rework from the guys at 37 Signals.  As a Basecamp subscriber, and a general fan of the way they think, work, and ship, I’m really looking forward to the new book.  Chomping at the bit, I was Googling around and found this interview from O’Reilly TV.  Hope you enjoy and [...]

Publishers explain ebook pricing

The New York Times did a piece on how pricing works on an ebook.  The costs, who gets what, and the margins.  You can read those details here.  Plus they have a handy time-saving graphic:

It’s a good article but it stops before it gets to the good stuff.  What they don’t cover is the one [...]

Pick of the Week :: iMovie ‘09 & iDVD The Missing Manual

Spring is almost here and the window to edit down those video clips and movies your shot over the holidays is closing fast. If you don’t get to them now, Spring will spring and then your not so relaxing summer will arrive, followed by the beauties of Fall. Next thing you know, you [...]

Benjamin Franklin :: Albert Einstein :: Steve Jobs

The New York Times is reporting that Walter Isaacson (author of two best-selling biographies, “Einstein: His Life and Universe” and “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life“) is working on a new biography.  However, it’s focus is not Abe Lincoln, JFK, or Leonardo Da Vinci.  It’s said to be Apple’s fearless leader, Steve Jobs.
The book, which is [...]

iPhone Developers Dave Mark & Jeff LaMarche Interview

Late last week I was lucky enough to hook up with superstar iPhone Development authors Dave Mark and Jeff LaMarche for an interview about their books, how Apress became so dominant on the Mac development side of things, and, of course, the iPad.  We talked for about 30 minutes and you can check it out [...]

Linchpin Review – Godin’s Best Yet

I just finished reading Linchpin for the second time.   Linchpin, however, is different from Godin’s previous books.  For one, it’s bigger — bigger in size (check out our ‘unboxing‘) and delivers bigger ideas.  Second, the ideas Seth shares are complete and interlocked.  Where books like The Dip and Tribes covered a specific idea, Linchpin brings [...]

Ihnatko on the CBS Morning Show

Internationally beloved tech writer, Andy Ihnatko was on the CBS Early Show on Saturday (1.23.10).  It was pretty early, so in case you missed it, I caught it with the trusty El Gato. Speculating on what Apple is going to announce/release this week, Andy is in the camp that this will revolutionize the publishing [...]

Jeff Jarvis & the King of All Media

Many of us know Jeff Jarvis from his book, What Would Google Do?, and from This Week in Google from the TWiT network, but today, worlds collided.  I was listening to the 1/14/10 Howard Stern replay and I heard a very familiar voice.  Sure enough, it was Jeff Jarvis on the Stern Show!  I pulled [...]

New 70% Royalty Option from Amazon

We saw it coming.  The soon to be biggest book publisher in the world, Amazon.com announced a new deal for authors and publishers today.  Starting June 30, 2010, if you choose to publish your book on the Kindle, you’ll get a 70% royalty.  That sure beats the standard publishing contract, right (7-15%)?  Here are some [...]

LINCHPIN Unboxing!

Hot off the press and before you can buy it, I just got a review copy of Seth Godin’s latest book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?.  It just came in about 15 minutes ago so we don’t have a proper review ready for you yet, but we do have what may be the very first “unboxing” [...]

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