http://www.contently-managed.com/blog/2010/01/28/ipad-observations-for-journalism-gamers-authors-and-grandparents/ Providing social media solutions - from Scotland for across the world Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.contently-managed.com/blog/2010/01/28/ipad-observations-for-journalism-gamers-authors-and-grandparents/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Why the iPad could be a nightmare for writers – Craig McGill - writer and dad blogger Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:58:06 +0000 http://www.contently-managed.com/blog/?p=641#comment-908 [...] I’ve written a chunk elsewhere about the implications of the iPad, and while the iBook Store is going to be a large part of it, there’s a couple of questions that arise including how does an unpublished author or an author whose publishers has gone bust get his books online – who will decide what books go on and what doesn’t? Basically are you out of luck if you don’t sign with an Apple-approved publisher? [...] [...] I’ve written a chunk elsewhere about the implications of the iPad, and while the iBook Store is going to be a large part of it, there’s a couple of questions that arise including how does an unpublished author or an author whose publishers has gone bust get his books online – who will decide what books go on and what doesn’t? Basically are you out of luck if you don’t sign with an Apple-approved publisher? [...]

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