I'm a pluralist kind of a guy, on the whole I think it's best to leave others to buy and use whatever kit they want for the job at hand. The only times I go out of my way to intervene is if a friend of relative is thinking about buying something I've had a bad experience with or know that someone else has. Not … [Read more...]

Last month I lamented the gaps in ebook ranges, specifically a number of John Le Carre's George Smiley books which had vanished from stores despite having initially been available as part of a matching collection. It seems the titles disappeared because of a change of publisher and at the time I expressed the hope … [Read more...]

Until recently in the UK all ebooks were equal. You could buy a reader from Waterstones and put on it a book you'd bought from Foyles or WHSmith because all ereaders and all ebooks supported the same Digital Rights Management (DRM). Unlike the US, there was no vendor lock-in. You didn't need either to buy all your … [Read more...]

It seems Apple's rule change for in-app purchases has claimed its first victim and, as was to be expected, it was one of the smaller players who fell first. Reading iFlow's statement is painful work, the hurt and upset felt by the development team oozes from the screen. From the couple of comments posted under our … [Read more...]