George Smiley, Jason Bourne, James Bond, Jack Ryan - authors and readers seem to love spies and covert agents, especially those whose adventures span multiple books. As a reader, the appeal of a book series is a world which grows with each instalment and a character who grows in stature and status as they complete … [Read more...]

Like probably a lot of other people, I have some ebooks purchased for my now unused Sony reader which I’d love to store on my iPad n iBooks alongside new purchases. Because they’re protected by DRM that’s not currently possible. Or at least, not without breaking the law. Hopefully at some point in the … [Read more...]

There’s a lot of excitement at Amazon’s latest Kindle press release, some the result of misreporting and misreading. Amazon says “customers are purchasing well over 1 million Kindle devices per week” - that’s ALL Kindle models, the ad-carrying ‘special offers’ model, the touch and the Fire. That’s … [Read more...]