by jciliberto | Oct 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Amazon’s stranglehold over the ebook market has led to strong-arm practices. Initially, the online seller’s attempts to control (i.e., limit) sales of the publisher Hachette was seen as a problem for Hachette (and its writers) alone. Gradually, however,...
by jciliberto | Sep 25, 2014 | digital humanities, etexts
The ancient Greek work Poïesis (ποίησις) “is etymologically derived from the ancient term ποιέω, which means “to make” ” (Wikipedia), pointing to the fundamentally creative aspect of poetry. Words exist, like bricks. By a making, a poet creates...
by jciliberto | Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
The reader of an ebook faces the question: which reader software should I use? The creator of an ebook faces the question: which ebook format should I use? In neither case is there a universally “best” answer. As business interests have scrambled to try to capture the...