News – Something seems fishy to me in the Apple rankings for top free iPad applications, which has Apple’s iBooks at Number one, and Kindle for iPad at 11, despite four times as many ratings left for the Kindle app. Also, University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business completes its DX experiment, with mixed results.
Tech Tip – A consideration of the difference between e-books and e-book apps.
Interview – Jay Marine, Amazon’s Director of Product Management for the Kindle, spoke with me from Seattle on Tuesday, May 11. His job in such conversations is to avoid any predictions of future products or enhancements, and let’s just say he’s good at his job. But if you listen between the lines, you’ll hear encouraging passion regarding Amazon’s commitment to keep those Kindle innovations coming.
Content – A new e-book trove of William Styron titles is now available on Kindle.
